Caring for the health of the elderly, with traditional Chinese medicine as a comforting companion | Expert team from Yantai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital visits Hongfa Elderly Care Home in Happy Community
The weather is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful. To promote traditional Chinese medicine culture, implement the "medical care and elderly care integration" concept, and fulfill the social responsibilities of public hospitals, the Second Administrative Branch of Yantai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Third Internal Medicine Branch organized an expert team to visit Hongfa Elderly Care Home in Xingfu Community. They held a theme health check-up activity called "Caring for the Health of the Elderly, with the Warmth of Traditional Chinese Medicine by Our Side". They provided "one-stop" traditional Chinese medicine health services for the elderly, allowing traditional medical wisdom to safeguard their well-being in old age.

At the beginning of the activity, experts visited and consoled the elderly who were bedridden for a long time. Deputy Physician Si Wentao conducted bedside pulse examination and treatment for the elderly, while Nurse Xia Yuanyuan provided basic care such as turning over and back-rubbing for the elderly and gave guidance on nursing knowledge to the caregivers.
At the free medical consultation event, the experts provided "one-on-one" health services for the elderly. Based on their health problems and demands, they further understood their physical conditions through observation, auscultation, olfaction and pulse-taking, and provided individualized medical treatment suggestions. The nursing team measured the blood pressure of the elderly and performed traditional Chinese medicine operations such as ear bean pressing based on the syndrome differentiation. Dr. Li Shiqing from the Neurology Department analyzed the patients' conditions from a professional perspective using simple language, explained the effective Chinese medicine treatments for common diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cerebral infarction, and guided the rational use of medication. Dr. Gao Wenjing gave a detailed explanation of common cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and provided daily health care suggestions.
After the free medical consultation, the experts did not rest. Instead, they voluntarily proposed to conduct health checks for the elderly care workers and volunteers who had been making silent contributions. The experts inquired in detail about their work and living habits, carefully examined their physical conditions, and provided professional rehabilitation suggestions and traditional Chinese medicine conditioning methods for common diseases such as insomnia, hypertension, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, and shoulder periarthritis.
The compassionate hearts of doctors work silently and effectively. This charity medical consultation event is a vivid illustration of the YanTai City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital's efforts to transfer high-quality medical resources to the community. From disease treatment to health promotion, from one-time assistance to long-term protection, the hospital is building a health barrier with professional strength, enabling more elderly people to enjoy a peaceful old age and receive good medical care. Let's join hands to protect the health of the elderly with compassionate hearts and medical skills, let the traditional Chinese medicine culture illuminate a healthy life, and use love to support a happy old age!
