To thoroughly implement the national strategy of proactively responding to population aging, facilitate the standardized development of elderly capacity assessment work, enhance the professional quality of elderly care service and elderly health service practitioners, and consolidate the foundation of scientific care talents, recently, the China Geriatrics Society and Inner Mongolia People's Hospital jointly organized The 9th Specialized Training Course for Elderly Capacity Assessors in 2026, hosted by Sinopharm Northern Hospital, was successfully held in Baotou. This training session is of high standard and features a strong faculty. It closely follows the core requirements of the "National Vocational Skill Standards for Elderly Capacity Assessors" and the "Elderly Capacity Assessment Specifications" (GB/T 42195-2022). It has specially invited a team of top domestic experts to give lectures. It has attracted over 270 industry elites from medical and health institutions, elderly care service institutions and other fields across the country to participate in the training and learning. The overall quality of the training and the level of organizational service have been highly recognized by the organizing unit and all the trainees.

Hou Huiru, vice president of the Chinese Society of Geriatrics, attended the opening ceremony and gave a lecture. Starting from the overall situation of the country's aging population development, experts systematically expounded on the significant strategic importance of standardizing the assessment of the elderly's capabilities and cultivating professional assessment talents for promoting the integration of medical care and elderly care, precise elderly care, and elderly health management.

Wang Hongyuan, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Sinopharm North (Inner Mongolia) Medical and Health Industry Co., Ltd. and the deputy secretary of the Party committee and president of Sinopharm North Hospital, said in his speech that the hospital will fully ensure the full hosting and support work. Taking this high-level training as an opportunity, relying on the high-level platform resources of the society, it will continue to strengthen the characteristic discipline of geriatrics. Help improve the quality and upgrade the regional elderly health service system, and contribute Baotou's strength to the cultivation of geriatric medical talents and the standardization of elderly care services in the central and western parts of Inner Mongolia.

Wu Ying, the head of the Health Care Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Hospital, and the heads of relevant departments of the Health Commission of Baotou City delivered speeches successively. They expressed their gratitude to the Chinese Society of Geriatrics for its recognition and support to Inner Mongolia, especially Baotou City. They also congratulated the successful opening of the training course and emphasized that the implementation of this high-level training in Baotou has effectively filled the gap in the ability assessment of the elderly at the grassroots level throughout the region. It is of great significance for promoting the homogenization, standardization and normalization of elderly health services in Baotou City and even the autonomous region.

The opening ceremony of this class was presided over by Zhang Hao, the vice president and director of the Geriatric Medicine Center of Sinopharm Northern Hospital. Vice President Hou Huiru of the Chinese Society of Geriatrics was present at the scene to supervise the training work throughout the process, guiding the organization of teaching, assessment standards, quality control of teaching and other aspects of this training course.

The training strictly adheres to the "National Vocational Skill Standards for Elderly Capacity Assessors". The training course brings together a top expert teaching team in the field of geriatrics in China. Many renowned domestic experts, including Professor Jia Jianjun and Professor Hu Yixin from the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Professor Song Yuetao from Beijing Geriatric Hospital, and Professor Sun Xinyu from Peking University Sixth Hospital, have gathered in Baotou. Centering on core contents such as national assessment norms, comprehensive assessment systems, analysis of difficult cases, health management of disabled and demented elderly people, functional maintenance, and practical skills standards, a combination of authoritative theoretical lectures, standardized practical demonstrations, group simulation training, and discussions on difficult cases is adopted. Comprehensively covering the four major assessment dimensions of the elderly, namely their daily living ability, cognitive function, mental state, and social participation ability, it precisely resolves the difficult and clogged issues in the front-line assessment work.

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Vice President Hou Huiru stated that the successful holding of the 2026 Specialized Training Course for Elderly Capacity Assessors (the 9th session) by the Chinese Society of Geriatrics in Baotou is an important practice of the society in promoting the cultivation of geriatric medical talents under the leadership of the Party building and serving the national aging strategy. This training received strong support and full guarantee from Inner Mongolia People's Hospital and Sinopharm Northern Hospital. The training was well-organized, the teaching was rigorous, and the results were remarkable, achieving the expected goals. Through this high-standard and standardized specialized training, the professional quality and practical operation level of the staff in medical and health institutions and elderly care service institutions across the country in elderly capacity assessment have been effectively enhanced, laying a solid talent foundation for further promoting the standardization and homogenization of elderly capacity assessment work. The society will continue to leverage its high-level platform advantages, under the leadership of the Party building, to persistently carry out a series of training programs for elderly capacity assessors, promote the high-quality development of elderly health services, and contribute to the construction of a Healthy China.