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Gwangju City Publishes Outstanding Casebook on Integrated Care

Cover of the Excellent Casebook for ‘Gwangju-style Integrated Care’. Provided by Gwangju City

Gwangju City recently announced on the 7th that it has published its second casebook, "Don't Suffer Alone Anymore," which contains the voices of public officials and care service workers involved in implementing the "Gwangju-daum Integrated Care" initiative. This casebook is the 2024 Integrated Care Activity Casebook and follows last year's publication, "We Were a Bit Busy."

The casebook features more than 100 cases, including individual support stories from public officials at local administrative welfare centers, on-site accounts from staff at service providers and partner organizations, and outcomes of supporting those in blind spots through community cooperation.

In the book's foreword, Mayor Kang Gijung stated, "Gwangju-daum Integrated Care is a policy that inherits the Gwangju spirit of empathizing with the pain of others. Although it began as a welfare policy, it is evolving into a democratic policy that guarantees basic human rights," adding, "I extend my gratitude to everyone who makes Gwangju-daum Integrated Care possible."

In April 2023, the city became the first in the country to establish the "Anyone Care System," introducing Gwangju-daum Integrated Care as a citizen-centered universal social service. Now in its third year, Gwangju-daum Integrated Care is pioneering new changes, such as introducing the nation's first medical care managers, connecting daily support and medical treatment within a single system.

Meanwhile, in 2023, Gwangju City made 23,249 on-site visits, providing 18,641 Gwangju-daum Integrated Care services to 8,891 people. Last year, the city conducted 23,328 on-site visits, delivering 12,889 care services to 8,595 people.