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Longevity
  • Longevity Village, Sunchang
  • Infrastructure for the longevity
  • Longevity Policy
  • Global Longevity Networks

Infrastructure for the longevity


Health and Longevity R&D Center

  • Objectives
    - Research how to actively deal with the social flow of aging and low birth rates
    - Implementation of a comprehensive research infrastructure including medical services, culture, the environment and industry for those of advanced age
  • Location : in and around Ssangam-Ri, Ingye-Myeon, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
  • Area : about 500,000㎡
  • Major facilities
    - Health/Longevity R&D Center : Research on industrial technology, medical technology, biotechnology, information statistics and the aging society for those of advanced age
    - Health/Longevity Academy : Senior citizen programs, specialized leadership course, new life exploration program (lifelong education)
    - Experience center to promote relationship-building for senior citizens : Culture and food for longevity, the oriental and occidental health care experience, Hyo (filial piety) culture center
    - Exclusive complex for senior citizen-friendly industries : Building a functional longevity food industry complex linked to the fermentation industry and related industry complex
  • Key research areas :
    living for longevity, longevity and functional food development, senior citizen-friendly industries

Health and Longevity Wellness Town

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  • Objectives
    - Construction of a paradise for seniors including a residential environment and working places
    - A planned community that enables the dynamic social interaction for senior citizens
  • Location :Daega-Ri, Pungsan-Myeon, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
  • Size : about 100,000 ㎡
  • Major facilities
    - Residential facility for senior citizens
    Residential facility for senior citizens
    Public rental housing exclusively for senior citizens: 72 households in 2 buildings
    Resort-style farm residences: 20 households
    - Welfare/medical facilities
    Welfare/medical facilities
    Senior citizen care center 1,700 m2, 1 building
    - Welfare services for those suffering from age-related diseases including stroke or dementia
    Senior citizen support center: about 1,000 m2, 1 building
    - Health care for senior citizens using temporary, weekly, or home-care welfare services
    Construction of health promotion center and ubiquitous environment
    - Remote medical services for those of advanced age by implementing health centers and a ubiquitous environment
    - Production facility
    Production facility
    A workplace for senior citizens
    - Using idle manpower by creating jobs for senior citizens and setting up spaces for senior citizen health promotion
    Job center and farming for the retired
    - A technology-centered farm for the retired and job center to ensure a dynamic life after retirement
    - Longevity park
    Longevity park
    Sports park for senior citizens
    - Experience centers including a riverside ecology park linking Seomjin River and a forest park
    - Exercise and culture facilities for senior citizens including an outdoor performance stage, gate ball grounds, small parks and promenades

Senior complex

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  • Objectives
    - A new kind of complex including residential spaces, jobs and health promotion centers for senior citizens
    - Comfortable spaces to attract city dwellers and to meet the demands of the 21st century aging society
  • Location :near Naedong-Ri, Geumgwa-Myeon, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
  • Major facilities
    - Residential facility: 200 units
    (Suburban homes, town houses, low-rise villas)
    - Welfare facilities : Senior citizen care center, senior citizen nursing home, sports for all and culture and welfare facilities
    - Production facility : Beans and vegetable farms

Senior Citizen/Physically Challenged Welfare Center

  • Objectives
    - Pivotal facility for senior welfare the leading longevity village in Korea
    - Promoting welfare through a variety of services
  • Dimension :3 ground floors(1,947 ㎡)
  • Major facilities :
    - Physically Challenged Center: offices, home offices, Braille education center
    - Senior citizen welfare center: computer room, physical therapy, sauna, meeting room

Senior Citizen Care Center

  • Objectives : Maintaining health and improving quality of life as an exclusive facility for those suffering from age-related diseases
  • Location : 730 Daega-Ri, Pungsan-Myeon, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
  • Major facility : Lounge, physical therapy, support room, volunteer room
  • Opened : Sep. 4, 2006