SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday that the government will keep a ban on in-person visits to nursing homes and long-term care hospitals for the elderly during the Chuseok fall harvest holiday in a precaution against COVID-19. The policy guidance from the government came as daily COVID-19 cases rebounded [...]
ANSAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — At a long-term care hospital in this city just south of Seoul, an elderly woman in a pink-toned blouse sat on a bed stroking her husband’s face for the first time in 16 months. The two had been together for around 70 years before the husband was admitted to [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nursing homes and long-term care hospitals for the elderly nationwide were allowed to partially resume in-person or non-contact visits Tuesday, paving the ground for dramatic reunions between patients and family members after such meetings were prohibited for about a year due to fears of coronavirus transmissions. Some long-term care [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog on Tuesday called for the mandatory training of nursing home workers against human rights abuses of elderly patients. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said it has advised the health minister to come up with legal provisions on human rights training for the [...]