The Korea Times
The Seoul Welfare Foundation said Friday that it will deploy artificial intelligence and robotics across six nursing facilities, a move aimed at shoring up a senior care sector currently reeling from a labor shortage and Korea’s rapid demographic shift. The program, the 2026 Care Service Digital Transformation Support, is a targeted attempt to modernize a sector notorious for grueling physical labor and high turnover. Six institutions were chosen from a pool of 40 applicants to receive approximately 7 million won ($4,300) in project funding each, alongside specialized technical consulting. The initiative focuses on "care burden areas" — tasks that are both physically taxing for staff and high-risk for residents, including patient transfers, fall monitoring and the prevention of pressure ulcers. Under the pilot, Gangbuk Haru Jeong and Balgeunssal nursing homes will introduce motorized repositioning beds, designed to reduce the musculoskeletal strain on workers who must regularly turn bedridden patients. At the Yongsan Senior Nursing Home, administrators will deploy noncontact radar s
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