The warm autumn wind in October is the perfect time to respect the elderly. To vigorously promote the traditional virtues of respecting, honoring, loving and assisting the elderly, and to safeguard the physical and mental health of the elderly in the community, on October 21, 2026, the Health Management Branch of the China Geriatrics Society, in collaboration with the College of Elderly Welfare of Civil Affairs Vocational University, entered the first Yuyuan Si Li Community in Daxing District, Beijing, to carry out a public welfare activity of "Party Building + Free Medical Consultation". Bring professional health services and warm care to the doorsteps of the elderly.

Zhang Qing, deputy director of the Health Management Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society, Professor Jin Meimei, the leading figure of the Health Management major at the College of Elderly Welfare of Chengtong Civil Affairs Vocational University in Qicheng, and professional teachers Chen Shuyuan and Liu Yicong from the Health Management Teaching and Research Section were present. Eleven college volunteers who had received specialized pre-job training also provided on-site services.

At the event site, elderly residents from the community came in an endless stream to experience it. The experts had a warm and friendly face-to-face exchange with the elderly, inquiring in detail about their past medical history and daily physical conditions. Listen patiently to the emotional troubles encountered by the elderly in their daily lives and carry out targeted psychological counseling. Popularize knowledge about dietary therapy and daily care in plain and understandable language, provide personalized health and wellness plans one-on-one, and enable the elderly in the community to receive multi-dimensional and professional health guidance right at their doorstep.

The volunteers, divided into groups, performed their respective duties and provided three services in an orderly manner: blood pressure measurement, limb massage and relaxation, and auricular bean pressing. Facing the elderly present, the volunteers patiently guided everyone to queue up in an orderly manner and carefully answered their basic health questions. At the same time, pay close attention to the physical condition of the elderly throughout the process, take good precautions against falls, provide timely assistance, and carefully maintain the order on the spot to ensure the safe and orderly conduct of the free medical consultation activity.

This public welfare activity brought professional medical and health services to the elderly in the community, serving over 80 people. With practical actions, it interpreted the fine tradition of respecting, caring for, loving and helping the elderly, and demonstrated the social value of medical science popularization and volunteer services. At the event site, the patient diagnosis and meticulous care of the experts made the elderly feel very warm, and the considerate services of the volunteers also added a strong sense of warmth to the event. In the future, the Health Management Branch of the China Geriatrics Society will continue to uphold the concept of "people-oriented and health for the people", join hands with more universities and medical institutions, go deep into communities and grassroots levels, and provide more diverse and precise health services for the elderly, so that every elderly person can enjoy a healthy and dignified life in their old age.