​​1. A rapid increase in elderly population 

2. The specificity of disease and syndrome in the elderly
    (1) Disease in the elderly often have atypical or non-specific clinical presentation; may have quite different presentation compared with young adult
    (2) Diseased elderly have many common syndrome, for example: delirium, depression, falls, urinary incontinence, hypothermia, malnutrition and immobilization
    (3) Medical staff provide care for the elderly should have specific knowledge and skills

3. Establish integrated medical team care for the elderly
    (1) Elder patients often face multiple problems at the same time, treatment must based on human being and comprehensive consideration
    (2) Geriatric medicine need the integration of multidiscipline specialist, including: physicians, nurses, social workers, dieticians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, patient attendants, composed of "geriatric medical care team".

4. Promote teaching and research in geriatric medicine
    (1) Domestic geriatric medical research is still in the initial stage, behind       many advanced countries, and the manpower specialized in geriatric medical research is also very limited, resulting in there are still few local representative of aging research data and result.
    (2) Geriatric medicine and teaching are often scattered fragments, domestic major teaching hospitals often lack of integrated geriatric medicine residency training program.