Support for healthy eating for the elderly...Seongbuk Children's Hospital Participates in Making a Warm Kitchen
Aug 06, 2025
Seongbuk-ri Children's Hospital (Chairman Jung Sung-kwan, Hospital Director Yoo Byung-geun) announced on the 29th of last month that it participated in the 'Making a Warm Kitchen' project organized by the Life Telephone Social Welfare Center (Director Kim Yeon-eun) to participate in the 'Making a Warm Kitchen' event to support the healthy eating of senior citizens in the region.
The Telephone of Life General Social Welfare Center is a social welfare institution located in Seongbuk-gu and provides integrated welfare services for children, adolescents, the disabled, the elderly, and local residents. In particular, it has played a central role in community care by continuing free school meal programs for the elderly for fear of skipping meals.
This 'Make a Warm Kitchen' project was promoted to improve the facilities of the elderly restaurant, which had been struggling due to the aging cooking environment, and to prepare cooking conditions for the provision of customized meals for the elderly. Through this project, the cooking space has been reorganized with the latest cooking equipment, and in particular, the introduction of steam convection ovens has made it possible to cook a variety of customized diets in consideration of the elderly's poor authoring ability, digestion and absorption rate, and physical function. In addition to shortening cooking time and improving food quality, it also helped ease work overload and create a safer working environment, given that the main cooking manpower is centered on the elderly.
Jung Sung-kwan, chairman of the Woori Children's Medical Foundation, Shin Hyun-bok, administrative director of Seongbuk Woori Children's Hospital, medical social worker Won Won-min, director of Seongbuk Woori Children's Hospital, and Han Jong-yeol, chairman of the Saemaul Geumgo in Jangwi 2-dong, attended the opening ceremony to deliver appreciation plaques and cut commemorative tapes.
Along with the opening ceremony, on-site free school meal service was also held to commemorate the newly renovated Gilgwae Restaurant. Visitors who attended the event wore warm aprons and served meals to each elderly person with sincerity to celebrate the first meal of the new cooking space together. This became a meaningful time to support and accompany the lives of local seniors closely beyond just participating in the project, and allowed the first meal in the renovated space to continue more warm and lively.
Director Kim Yeon-eun said, "This improvement of the cooking environment is very meaningful in that it is a change that considers the health of the elderly and the safety and efficiency of the cooking personnel, beyond just reinforcing facilities. Support from Sungbuk Children's Hospital has been a great help in improving the quality of life for the elderly in the community." We look forward to working together in the future to reduce the blind spot of care in the region."
Chairman Chung Sung-kwan said, "Participation in this project is very meaningful in that a warm meal can add warmth to the daily lives of the elderly as well as health of the elderly. Our Children's Medical Foundation will continue to work in solidarity with various welfare sites in the region and do its best to create a healthy community together."," he replied.
Meanwhile, Seongbuk-ri Children's Hospital has been practicing warm interest in the vulnerable and marginalized neighbors in the region since 2019. This 'Make a Warm Kitchen' project was also a meaningful step to breathe with the local community beyond the role of a medical institution and to directly examine and care for the site. In the future, Seongbuk Children's Hospital will continue to play a role as a reliable neighbor and trusted medical institution that coexists with local residents beyond simple medical treatment.
The Telephone of Life General Social Welfare Center is a social welfare institution located in Seongbuk-gu and provides integrated welfare services for children, adolescents, the disabled, the elderly, and local residents. In particular, it has played a central role in community care by continuing free school meal programs for the elderly for fear of skipping meals.
This 'Make a Warm Kitchen' project was promoted to improve the facilities of the elderly restaurant, which had been struggling due to the aging cooking environment, and to prepare cooking conditions for the provision of customized meals for the elderly. Through this project, the cooking space has been reorganized with the latest cooking equipment, and in particular, the introduction of steam convection ovens has made it possible to cook a variety of customized diets in consideration of the elderly's poor authoring ability, digestion and absorption rate, and physical function. In addition to shortening cooking time and improving food quality, it also helped ease work overload and create a safer working environment, given that the main cooking manpower is centered on the elderly.
Jung Sung-kwan, chairman of the Woori Children's Medical Foundation, Shin Hyun-bok, administrative director of Seongbuk Woori Children's Hospital, medical social worker Won Won-min, director of Seongbuk Woori Children's Hospital, and Han Jong-yeol, chairman of the Saemaul Geumgo in Jangwi 2-dong, attended the opening ceremony to deliver appreciation plaques and cut commemorative tapes.
Along with the opening ceremony, on-site free school meal service was also held to commemorate the newly renovated Gilgwae Restaurant. Visitors who attended the event wore warm aprons and served meals to each elderly person with sincerity to celebrate the first meal of the new cooking space together. This became a meaningful time to support and accompany the lives of local seniors closely beyond just participating in the project, and allowed the first meal in the renovated space to continue more warm and lively.
Director Kim Yeon-eun said, "This improvement of the cooking environment is very meaningful in that it is a change that considers the health of the elderly and the safety and efficiency of the cooking personnel, beyond just reinforcing facilities. Support from Sungbuk Children's Hospital has been a great help in improving the quality of life for the elderly in the community." We look forward to working together in the future to reduce the blind spot of care in the region."
Chairman Chung Sung-kwan said, "Participation in this project is very meaningful in that a warm meal can add warmth to the daily lives of the elderly as well as health of the elderly. Our Children's Medical Foundation will continue to work in solidarity with various welfare sites in the region and do its best to create a healthy community together."," he replied.
Meanwhile, Seongbuk-ri Children's Hospital has been practicing warm interest in the vulnerable and marginalized neighbors in the region since 2019. This 'Make a Warm Kitchen' project was also a meaningful step to breathe with the local community beyond the role of a medical institution and to directly examine and care for the site. In the future, Seongbuk Children's Hospital will continue to play a role as a reliable neighbor and trusted medical institution that coexists with local residents beyond simple medical treatment.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
