Exploration and Practice of the Integrated Medical and Nursing Model with Chinese Medicine Characteristics

With the aging of the population, traditional medical and elderly care models are no longer able to meet the growing health service needs of the elderly. As an innovative health management model, the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) integrated medical and elderly care model aims to provide comprehensive health management services for the elderly by leveraging TCM’s unique holistic approach, syndrome differentiation and treatment, and preventive treatment, combined with modern integrated medical and elderly care service models. This article explores the background, construction, empirical research, challenges, and solutions to this model, as well as future optimization and promotion strategies.