Respecting the elderly and showing respect for them promotes virtues, and caring for and assisting the elderly demonstrates responsibility. The National Committee on Aging Affairs Office issued the "Decision on Commending National 'Respect for the Elderly Model Units' and National 'Model Figures for Respecting, Caring for and Assisting the Elderly'" awarding the Department of Geriatrics of Yantai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine the title of "National Model Unit for Respecting the Elderly". This national honor is not only the highest recognition of the department's long-term dedication to geriatric medicine and the promotion of the virtue of respecting the elderly, but also a vivid interpretation of its outstanding achievements in safeguarding the health of the elderly through the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.

Kind hearts and excellent skills create a "warming haven" for elderly health
The Department of Geriatrics of Yantai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a comprehensive specialty integrating medical treatment, scientific research, teaching, prevention, and health care. It was the first to open specialized outpatient clinics for insomnia, dementia, and headache in the elderly in Yantai City. Facing the characteristic of "multiple diseases coexisting" among the elderly, the department broke the traditional division of specialties and established a "patient-centered" holistic, full-process, and all-round management model. Through multi-dimensional comprehensive assessment of diseases, physical condition, cognition, psychology, and social support, the department drew a "health profile" for each elderly patient and formulated personalized integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine prevention and treatment plans. The medical staff are not only healers but also listeners, companions, and health guides. The department is filled with humanistic care and is hailed as the "health and warmth haven" for the elderly in the Yantai-Wayto area.
Adhering to tradition and innovating to showcase the unique advantages of traditional Chinese medicine
The Department of Geriatrics of Yantai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine fully leverages the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine's "holistic view" and "differential diagnosis and treatment", forming three diagnostic advantages: 1. Prevention of disease before illness, prevention of disease progression: Using ointments, acupoint patches, moxibustion, and dietary therapy methods to strengthen the body and consolidate the foundation, delaying functional decline, and preventing the occurrence and transmission of diseases. 2. Comprehensive treatment, multi-target intervention: For chronic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cerebral infarction, and osteoporosis, using traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, and other comprehensive therapies to improve symptoms such as dizziness, insomnia, and constipation, regulating overall balance, and achieving a "1 + 1 > 2" therapeutic effect. 3. Harmonizing body and mind, soothing the mind: Paying attention to psychological problems such as anxiety and depression, combined with emotional guidance, auricular pressure bean application, and traditional Chinese medicine foot bath methods, promoting physical and mental harmony.
Honor is a starting point, respecting the elderly is an endless pursuit
Receiving the title of "National Model Unit for Respecting the Elderly" is both motivation and responsibility. In the future, the Department of Geriatrics of Yantai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine will adhere to the principle of "the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation, lasting well-being", deepen the application of traditional Chinese medicine in geriatric medicine, optimize services, innovate models, integrate respect for the elderly and assistance into details, provide more elderly people with high-quality and warm health services, and let the spring of medicine bring warmth to the twilight years.
Department of Geriatrics Introduction
The Department of Geriatrics of Yantai City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was officially established and operated in 2018. After 7 years of unremitting efforts, it has been built into a comprehensive clinical specialty integrating teaching, scientific research, and clinical practice. The Department of Geriatrics is currently a key specialty in Shandong Province, the vice-branching unit of the Shandong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Geriatric Disease Specialized Alliance, a pilot of the Shandong Provincial Geriatric Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Center, a member of the Liaison Alliance of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine for Geriatric Diseases of Shandong University Qilu Hospital, a research center for clinical medicine for geriatric diseases in Yantai City, a member of the "Challenge and List Solution" Project for Improving Clinical Specialty Competence in Yantai City (a national reserve project for superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine), and a collaborative innovation network cooperation unit of the National Geriatric Disease Clinical Research Center and the Qingdao Geriatric Disease Clinical Medical Research Center in Shandong Province.