Damyang-gun, Launch Ceremony of the 'Dementia Care Volunteer Group'

Implementation of 'Customized Welfare' Including Checking on Well-being

Damyang County held the launching ceremony of the "Dementia Safety Volunteer Group," which will play the role of community dementia safety guardians by checking on the well-being of elderly people with dementia on the 27th. Photo by Damyang County

On the 28th, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Lee Byeong-no) announced that it held the Dementia Safety Volunteer Corps inauguration ceremony on the 27th.

The Dementia Safety Volunteer Corps was organized as part of the ‘Hyangchon Welfare’ pledge of the 8th local government administration to create a dementia-friendly community atmosphere where dementia patients and their families can live safely without leaving their hometowns.

The volunteer corps, centered around two organizations?the Damyang-gun Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Autonomous Crime Prevention Unit?which have been leading efforts to overcome dementia since last year through dementia awareness education and simulated training for missing elderly dementia patients, will serve as dementia safety guardians in the community by checking on the well-being of elderly dementia patients.

A county official stated, “We will provide customized dementia support services for elderly dementia patients in the community and create a dementia-safe Damyang through the establishment of integrated dementia care services involving community participation.”