Introduction for SMCD
Statistics
“Ten Million Citizen Memory Friends” Registration Status
- Memory Friends
- 281,956 persons
- Memory Friends Leader
- 12,195 persons
Slogan of the Seoul Dementia Management Project
Happy search for ‘ㄱ’ "ㄱ (giyeok)" is the first Korean alphabet. The pronunciation is very similar to the Korean word for "memory (gi eok)." It therefore carries a symbolical motif that boosts the level of attention towards the project by encouraging people to think of dementia, and by piquing their interest. Also, "ㄱ" is the..more
“Ten Million Citizen Memory Friends” project
In 2015, the Seoul Metropolitan Center for Dementia (SMCD) has started an awareness
improvement project for dementia called “Ten Million Citizen Memory Friends”,
in order to make Seoul become a dementia-friendly city so that people with dementia and their families can live safely.
The “Ten Million Citizen Memory Friends” project was set to provide basic education about dementia to all citizens
(about Ten millions) of Seoul and..more
