It is suggested that the construction of geriatric hospitals be accelerated, and what is the role of the construction of geriatric hospitals in the development of geriatrics?

With the development of society, people's quality of life is improving while their life expectancy is gradually increasing. Better material conditions and medical facilities enable people to have a longer life expectancy, and as a result, many people in their seventies and eighties are now becoming more and more common in society. And the aggravation of the aging of society has once again drawn attention to some of the problems faced by the elderly.

And geriatrics is also a very important factor affecting the quality of life of the elderly group, have a good, perfect geriatrics system, in order to make the elderly life and medical care to get more protection.

When it comes to the elderly, I'm afraid that many people will think of the elderly mostly with a variety of chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, etc., which is a very common phenomenon.

Because of the aging of the body's functions, so that most of the people as they grow older, the body also encountered a variety of problems, a lot of chronic diseases will follow, so that the elderly's life is affected by some . And the development of geriatrics has not followed the times and progress. Geriatrics is not even emphasized in many areas, and there are relatively few geriatrics and nursing professions and personnel in schools, which makes many elderly people often have no professional staff to give better treatment and care after encountering diseases.

China is in a stage of rapid development of population aging, and by the end of 2019, the number of elderly people aged 60 years and above reached 254 million. Jiangsu is one of the provinces with the highest degree of aging in the country, and by the end of 2020, the elderly population aged 60 and above in Jiangsu reached 18,538,000 people, accounting for 23.53% of the total population of the province.In 2017, Jiangsu took the lead in the country to introduce the construction standards for geriatric hospitals, and as of the end of 2020, the province had built 15 geriatric hospitals of more than two levels. However, compared with the province's nearly 18.54 million elderly people's demand for medical services, the development of geriatric hospitals is lagging behind, and more than half of the province's regional cities and 60 counties with a population of more than 500,000 people (municipalities and agriculture-related districts) still do not have geriatric hospitals.

Since the elderly tend to have many different types of chronic diseases in their bodies, and their physical condition is generally much worse than that of young people, doctors tend to be more tricky than other patients when giving treatment to the elderly. The development of geriatrics has not been given enough attention, and is one of the very important reasons for the current state of geriatrics. Many colleges and universities do not have many geriatrics majors, and not many students want to study geriatrics. There is still a long way to go for the improvement and development of geriatrics, but no matter what, we should do our best to help every elderly person, so that they can get better and more intimate care in their old age.