Healthy aging includes: individual health, physical and mental health and good social adaptability of the elderly; The overall health of the elderly population, the extension of healthy life expectancy and the coordination with the whole society; The humanistic environment is healthy, the social atmosphere in an aging society is good, and the development is sustained, orderly and legal. Healthy aging, on the one hand, refers to the health of the elderly individuals and groups, on the other hand, refers to the elderly living in a good social environment.
Healthy aging planning
In 2022, the National Health and Wellness Commission and other departments 15 jointly issued the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Healthy Aging", proposing nine tasks such as improving the preventive health care service system with equal emphasis on physical and mental health.
The plan points out that the health status of the elderly in China is not optimistic, and the health problems such as cognitive, exercise, sensory function decline, nutrition and psychology that accompany aging are increasingly prominent. More than 78% of the elderly suffer from at least one chronic disease, and the number of disabled elderly will continue to increase. Compared with the health needs of the elderly, the institutions, teams, services and policy support related to healthy aging are insufficient.