On the occasion of the 21st World Hypertension Day, in order to further enhance the awareness of the elderly about the dangers of hypertension and improve their self-health management capabilities, on May 13th, the Health Management Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society, in collaboration with the Shuangpu Town Community Health Service Center of Xihu District, once again visited the Hangzhou Jinqiu Qiantang Elderly Apartment to carry out the "Caring for the Health of the Elderly, The public welfare activity of "Party Building + Free Medical Consultation" with the theme of "Guarding the Pulse of Life".
At the free medical consultation site, a team led by Liu Zhong, vice president of the Health Management Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society and director of the Health Management Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, along with medical staff from the Shuangpu Town Community Health Service Center in Xihu District, provided personalized health management plans for the elderly through methods such as blood pressure measurement, blood sugar measurement, medication guidance, and one-on-one health consultations. Many elderly people have misunderstandings about hypertension, such as "no treatment if there are no symptoms" and "stopping or reducing medication on their own". Doctors popularize knowledge about the standardized management of hypertension through case studies to enhance their self-health management ability. Help the elderly establish a health awareness of "early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment" to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
This year's "World Hypertension Day" "Party Building + Free Medical Consultation" public welfare activity saw seven medical staff members provide health consultation services to nearly a hundred elderly people in an elderly apartment as the service setting. They connected the expert resources of top-tier hospitals with community health services, explored a new model of "integration of medical care and elderly care", and alleviated problems such as "difficulty in seeing a doctor" and "long distance for medical treatment" for the elderly. Medical staff advocated the concept of "active health" to the elderly on the spot through popular science education, strengthened the prevention and control network of hypertension in the elderly, helped improve the quality of life of the elderly, reduced the burden of chronic diseases among the elderly, and practiced the national strategy of "healthy aging" with concrete actions.
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