Incheon's first city-run dementia home was built to feel like a home, not a ward

Incheon, South Korea, has opened its first city-run care home made only for people living with dementia — and it was designed to feel like a home, not a hospital ward. The five-storey building in Gyeyang-gu holds 96 residents in small "unit" clusters, where bedrooms sit around a shared living room, much like a family flat. It is open to Incheon residents with dementia whose official long-term care grade — the level the national system assigns to people who need daily help — is 2 through 5. Applications open on November 5 on the home's website, first come, first served, and the first residents move in from December 1. The Human Welfare Society will run the home for the city under a five-year contract.

SDG 3 · Good health and well-being — Mechanism: institutional program