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We will look at today's elderly welfare service in Sweden and how it differs from yesterday (26th). In Sweden, even if you get sick, you can live in your own home and receive welfare benefits.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reported the difference.

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Residential neighborhood near Stockholm, Sweden.

A caregiver came to the home of a 90-year-old grandmother living alone.

At her request, she brews coffee, watches every corner of the house, and checks the emergency button on her wrist.

It is also a basic task to accompany you on a walk or go shopping.

Caregivers may visit up to eight times, depending on the health of the elderly.

The time is short, but the reason for frequent visits is to allow the elderly to spend the rest of their lives at home.

[Cal Henrikson / Hudinge City Senior Welfare Commissioner: It is too late to enter a nursing facility, so stay at home until you need care 24 hours a day, even if you are older.]

We provide similar home services in long-term care insurance, but there are significant differences in the quality of services.

It is not a personalized service that the elderly visit often when they need it, but a comprehensive service that stays and takes care of them several hours at a time.

[Kim, Min-Kyung / Associate Fellow, Korea Institute for Health Insurance Policy: Wouldn't it be possible to activate the use of home-based services when various service configurations and delivery methods were adapted to the needs of beneficiaries of home-services? .]

According to the survey on the elderly of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 58% of the elderly said, "I want to finish my life in the place where I lived even if I was inconvenient for my behavior."

Per capita assistance is only half of the elderly at home, and more home services can reduce the long-term care deficit.

This is why the quality and quality of home services need to be increased so that older people can stay home and receive adequate care.

(Video Editing: So Ji Hye, VJ: Shin So Young)