SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior citizens whose monthly earnings are in the lowest 20 percent range will be eligible for increased basic pension starting next month, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said about 1.5 million people aged 65 or older will be eligible to receive 300,000 won (US$265) [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has developed Touch Care technology that uses human body communications technology to detect the movement of a person when he or she makes contact with a certain object. Touch Care comes in the form of wristbands or touch tags that can easily [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of people in their 60s and 70s are becoming familiar with mobile and smart devices, a growing number are turning to digital health products for Lunar New Year’s gifts. Auction, an open market, reported on Sunday that sales of a product that can be connected [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Thursday that it will launch so-called Community Care projects in local communities for seniors, persons with disabilities, persons with mental illness, and homeless people over the next two years, led by eight local authorities. The government’s new Community Care initiative refers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 in 10 South Korean senior citizens suffer from dementia, data showed Sunday, with the number of patients anticipated to reach 2 million by 2039 due to the rapidly aging population. According to the data compiled by the National Institute of Dementia (NID), 10.2 percent of South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Earnings by small-scale businesses operated by people over 60 have been falling steadily this year, official data showed Sunday, with the weak economy and excess competition being cited as the main reason for the development. According to data provided by Statistics Korea, the business income of establishments run by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday announced a blueprint that centers on providing better treatment and caregiving to seniors in their homes amid a rapidly aging population. Under the “Community Care” policy spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the government will establish a working system by 2025 so that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A quarter of senior citizens in South Korea eat their meals alone, partly contributing to growing depression among the elderly, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by a team of medical doctors at Sungkyunkwan University, 1,202 out of 4,959 people aged over 65 said they had [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 5 elderly people in South Korea is socially inactive, necessitating greater care for their isolation and loneliness, a report said Friday. According to the report based on a 2017 survey of 10,000 senior citizens, 20.9 percent of the respondents said they were not socially active at all. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elderly people dying lonely deaths is increasing, especially for men, welfare data showed Friday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which released the data for a parliamentary audit, 3,331 aged people died over the past five years while living alone. The number was 538 [...]