The Seoul Welfare Foundation Isolation Prevention Center noted on the 27th that it will begin developing guidelines for the support of "customized smart care services."
Smart care services are welfare services that analyze daily life data, and if any abnormal signals are detected, relevant agencies check on the welfare of the households involved.
For example, if there is a notable decrease or increase in electricity consumption in households using the service, such as the elderly or people with disabilities, it sends a signal to the relevant agencies. It also detects information such as mobile phone call activity, data usage, and walking patterns.
Seoul's autonomous districts have adopted selected smart care services they wish to implement.
The Isolation Prevention Center stated that this customized service support will allow for more delicate management tailored to individuals' characteristics, tendencies, and behavioral patterns.
To this end, it plans to prepare suitability investigation items for the smart care services within this year. Next year, after verifying the reliability and validity of the investigation items with an actual survey, it plans to complete the development of guidelines for the suitability of the smart care services. The completed guidelines are expected to be utilized by the autonomous districts.
Lee Soo-jin, head of the Seoul Isolation Prevention Center, said, "In order to prevent solitary deaths more effectively, criteria are needed to choose appropriate services based on individual characteristics," and added, "I hope this research will lead to guidelines for personalized smart care services."