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Welfare Supplies (socks)
Specialized Business
“Aging-Friendly “market potential of 24 billion on (domestic)

With the medical advancement and the prolonged life span, Korea enters
the aging society enough to create the saying ‘Life from 60 years old’,
and the rate of elderly people aged 65or older exceeds 13% of
total population in 2020, expecting to reaches about 37% by 2045.

So, businesses targeting silver generation are promising As the silver market
emerges as a niche market, and types of silver businesses are diversified
targeting the elderly with health and economic power, as well as
the marginalized and weak elderly.

Elderly Long-Term Care System, “Welfare Supplies”-Specialized Sock Business
  • Only the elderly who have applied for and are judged by the Health Insurance Corporation for long-term care insurance ratings receive
    1benefits for admission to nursing facilities2visiting care services for nursing care workers 3benefits to purchase welfare supplies.
  • Entering the silver market with functional non-slip socks for the elderly with mobility difficulties.
Types of Welfare Supplies Duration and Quantity Limit by Product
item Duration/Annual Purchasing Quantity
Bath Chair 5 year
Mobile Toilet 5 year
Adult walker 5 year
Sitting Cusion Preventing Bedsore 3 year
Walking Stick 2 year
item Duration/Annual Purchasing Quantity
Non-Slip Socks 6 pairs by year
Postural Transformation Tool 5 by year
Non-slip Mat 5 by year
Safety Handle 4 by year
Chamber Pot 2 by year
The elderly’s falls treatment cost, annual 5 trillion won, if this trends continues, the health insurance finance will be in jeopardy. KAGRM, is underway a nationwide epidemiological investigation, and prepares guidelines, “Prevention is the Best”

According to a survey of about 2000 elderly people aged 60 or older conducted by the KAGRAM, 77% of respondents said they had fall experience. Among them, 47% said they suffered fall accident within a year.
There were also many aftereffects of fall. 38.9% of the elderly said they injured their keens due to falls, 16.7% said injury of their backs and 11% said their pelvis injury.

The elderly, the disabled, dementia patients,
and people with mobile difficulties
  • Obtained certification from household anti-slip products organizations (senior-friendly product)
  • For dementia elderly, there are many falls due to lack of exercise and walking ability.
  • Foot Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology
Critical Problems for common silicon socks
  • As chip in sock is bump-type, so feet are sore.
  • Non-slip treatment is unable on the inside of sock. -Because of this, common silicon socks can’t prevent slipping properly.
  • It is unable to use on moisture and floor.

“NEWTOP” solves all of these problems

With its non-slip material, so NEWTOP has a competitive advantage in performance.
  • The chip in its bottom is thin.
  • Both inside and outside of socks are treated in non-slip.
  • The chips are arranged at an interaction inside and outside of WeFoot, so it feels comfortable with little feeling of irritation.
Features and advantages as socks for the elderly
  • 01Micro cell non-slip

    Functional materials made by advanced LCD technology.
    With application of microcell technology, absorbing water in microcell, it has the structure escaping water through fine scratches, unlike silicon.

  • 02In & out both-sides nonslip solution

    Biomimetic, urethane non-slip pattern
    holding training shoes, socks, and soles of the feet firmly and is more fixed at contacting moisture such as sweat and water.

  • 03Irritation Zero

    As the thickness of NEWTOP socks are 1/2 of common silicon non-slip sock, so there is little feeling of irritation at wearing them, and blisters, scratches and discomfort caused by skin friction are minimized.

  • 04Ergonomic Product Design

    Arch Support, Pile Cushion Structure
    Application of arch support structure tailored to foot shapeApplication of arch support structure tailored to foot shape
    Using the cushion tissue to relieve the impact on knees and ankles.

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