Nexon Foundation Provides Initial Fund for Korea's First Visiting Rehabilitation Treatment Service for Children with Severe Disabilities
Oct 22, 2025
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The Nexon Foundation announced that it will provide 300 million won in initial funds for the operation of the 「Visiting Rehabilitation Project" of the Daejeon Sejong Chungnam-Nexon-sponsored public children's rehabilitation hospital.
'Visiting Rehabilitation Project' is the first public program in Korea in which medical staff visit homes or schools to provide treatment for children with severe disabilities who are unable to visit hospitals due to difficulty in movement or psychological and physical energy exhaustion (burnout). Unlike adult door-to-door rehabilitation, services for children are not profitable due to the lack of a medical insurance fee system, so many severely disabled children are not even guaranteed basic treatment rights.
Daejeon Sejong Chungnam-Nexon-sponsored public children's rehabilitation hospital has been used by 73,000 people since its opening in May 2023, and as of last year, the satisfaction level of hospital use reached 99%, which is a great help to children and families with disabilities in Chungcheongnam-do, the foundation said. He added that he went one step further and paid attention to the blind spots of children with severe disabilities who still cannot use hospitals due to environmental restrictions.
Since last year, it has conducted the first visit rehabilitation pilot project in Korea, and has confirmed positive effects such as improving children's physical function and improving interaction, restoring guardian emotions, and securing continuous treatment infrastructure through two treatments for applicants.
The Nexon Foundation decided to sponsor this time to continuously expand the visiting rehabilitation treatment project based on the treatment effect confirmed in the pilot project and the high demand from the site. Based on the initial donation, the Visiting Rehabilitation Project will provide a total of 20 visiting rehabilitation services per child for about 22 children and adolescents with severe disabilities in the area who are unable to visit the hospital for one year from January to December 2026.
Through this sponsorship, Daejeon Sejong Chungnam-Nexon-sponsored public children's rehabilitation hospital will expand dedicated personnel and equipment and expand the session and operation scale of service provision to ensure continuity and effectiveness of treatment. It plans to form a dedicated team for visiting rehabilitation to provide integrated support such as joint exercise, mobile training, and guardian education for children with severe disabilities, as well as psychological and emotional support programs and leisure cultural activities for families.
Kim Jung-wook, chairman of the Nexon Foundation, said, `This project is significant in that it is an example of cooperation in which public hospitals fulfill their social responsibilities and the private sector supports them.'
Yang Shin-seung, director of Daejeon Sejong Chungnam-Nexon Public Children's Rehabilitation Hospital, said "As visiting rehabilitation is an essential medical service for both children and their families, we hope this project will be the priming water for institutionalization of medical support for children with severe disabilities."We will do our best to operate the business so that more children can receive the necessary treatment in a timely and unrestricted environment."," he said.
Meanwhile, the Nexon Foundation sponsored the opening of the Purme Foundation Nexon Children's Rehabilitation Hospital, Daejeon Sejong Chungnam-Nexon-sponsored public children's rehabilitation hospital, and Seoul National University Hospital Nexon Children's Integrated Care Center, and is taking the lead in expanding children's rehabilitation infrastructure by region across the country by supporting the construction of children's rehabilitation hospitals in Yeongnam and Honam regions.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
