In order to improve the attention of residents to the hearing health of the elderly, popularize the knowledge of hearing health care, and help the elderly to better enjoy their old age. Recently, Gaotai County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine held the "National Elderly Health Publicity Week" and "Xinglin Pioneer" volunteer service activities with the theme of "Maintaining Hearing Health and Enjoying a Happy Old Age".
The hospital organized medical staff of the geriatric department to carry out health education and free clinic activities in the outpatient hall of the hospital, and at the same time, carried out concentrated health knowledge publicity activities for the elderly in the Gaotai County Home Social Work Service Center.
At the event site, medical staff answered the doubts and difficult questions of common diseases of the elderly by setting up consultation desks, hanging event theme banners, on-site health consultations, monitoring blood pressure, and measuring blood sugar for free, widely popularized the knowledge of hearing health care for the elderly and traditional Chinese medicine health care for the elderly, and helped the elderly to further understand health knowledge, master scientific health care methods, and develop a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the medical staff explained the prevention, treatment and complications of hypertension, a common disease in the elderly, to improve the awareness of the elderly on the prevention and treatment of hypertension, cultivate a healthy lifestyle, reduce the occurrence of hypertension complications, and improve the quality of life of the elderly. The health education of diabetic patients was explained in the form of PPT, and the concept, symptoms and complications of diabetes were popularized, so that the elderly on the scene could have an in-depth understanding of the prevention and control of diabetes.
The holding of the elderly health publicity week activities, through the publicity and education of the prevention and treatment of common diseases of the elderly, deepened the correct understanding of some diseases of the elderly patients, improved the prevention awareness and self-care ability of the elderly group, and made them feel the care and attention of the society for the elderly group. The hospital will continue to strengthen the health promotion of the elderly, create a social environment for the healthy life of the elderly, and a good atmosphere for the whole society to pay attention to the health of the elderly.