老年友善医院

The age-friendly hospital

人口老龄化是全球很多国家都在面临的问题，高龄老年人的增加给传统的医疗服务模式带来极大的挑战。实施世界卫生组织提出的建立老年友善初级社区卫生中心和医疗机构计划是一种具体可行的对应措施，很多国家都已制定出建设框架。在我国医疗机构中推广老年友善医院建设，特别是在专科老年病医院、康复医院和护理院更为必要。老年患者及其家庭通过老年友善医院的整合照护服务可以达到减少并发症发生，提高医疗质量和患者满意度，达到有效降低医疗费用，科学地推进医疗改革的目的。

Population aging is a problem confronting many countries around the world and poses grim challenges to the conventional heahhcare model. The measure proposal by WHO, the establishment of age-friendly community-based primary healthcare centers and medical institutions, is both practical and feasible, based on which many countries have formulated implementation frameworks. In China, it is of paramount importance to promote the development of age-friendly hospitals, especially geriatric specialty hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals and nursing homes, in the healthcare sector. Integrated care services offered by age-friendly hospitals can help reduce complications, improve care quality and patient satisfaction, and cut costs, benefiting elderly patients and their families and ultimately moving the healthcare reform forward.