Geriatric diseases are also a very important factor affecting the quality of life of the elderly. Only with a good and perfect gerontology system can the life and medical care of the elderly be more secure.
Speaking of the elderly, I'm afraid many people will think that most of them will have various chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, arteriosclerosis and so on, which is a very common phenomenon.
Due to the aging of physical function, most people encounter various problems with the growth of age, and many chronic diseases will follow, affecting the lives of the elderly. However, the development of gerontology has not kept pace with the times. Geriatrics is not even taken seriously in many areas, and there are relatively few professionals and personnel studying gerontology and nursing in schools, which makes many elderly people often have no professionals to give better treatment and care after encountering diseases.
With the aggravation of population aging, it is imperative to build a hospital for the aged. China is in the rapid development stage of population aging. By the end of 20 19, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above had reached 254 million. Jiangsu is one of the provinces with the highest degree of aging in China. By the end of 2020, the number of elderly people over 60 in Jiangsu has reached185.38 million, accounting for 23.53% of the total population of the province. 20 17 Jiangsu took the lead in introducing the standards for the construction of hospitals for the aged in China. By the end of 2020, there are more than two hospitals for the aged in the province 15. However, compared with the medical service demand of nearly18.54 million elderly people in the province, the development of elderly hospitals lags behind. There are still more than half of the districts and cities in the province and 60 counties (cities and agricultural areas) with a population of more than 500,000.
Because the elderly often suffer from many different types of chronic diseases and their physical condition is generally much worse than that of young people, it is often more difficult for doctors to treat the elderly than other patients. The development of gerontology has not been paid enough attention, which is a very important reason for the present situation of gerontology. Among the medical majors in many colleges and universities, there are not many geriatrics majors, and there are not many students who want to study geriatrics. There may still be a long way to go to improve and develop geriatrics, but in any case, we should do our best to help every elderly person so that they can get more perfect and caring care in their later years.