Longevity Era Sparks Renewed Attention: How Taikang Innovates and Upgrades Integrated Medical-Aging Services to Create a New 'China Model'

The Age of Longevity Has Arrived with a Roar.

It was mentioned at the recently held Third China Population and Development Forum that the number of people aged 80 and above in China will quadruple by 2050, indicating that China has now entered an era of longevity. During this year’s “Two Sessions,” hot topics such as “elderly care” and “healthy aging” frequently appeared, with “integration of medical and elderly care services” once again becoming a highly discussed issue across all sectors of society.

Is a 100-year lifespan becoming the norm a gift of life or a curse of fate? It depends on whether you have a healthy body and a cash flow that lasts as long as your life.

At the Second Longevity Era Wealth Summit and Taikang Family Office Launch Conference held on April 18,Chen Dongsheng, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Taikang Insurance GroupIt is noted that as we enter the era of longevity, living to 100 has become a high-probability event, and individuals will live with chronic diseases for extended periods. This constitutes a major global challenge facing all of humanity.

Against this backdrop, the integration of medical care and elderly care combines healthcare, rehabilitation, eldercare, and health preservation into a unified model, facilitating effective synergy between medical and elderly care resources. It has gradually become an indispensable component of the elderly care industry and a key strategic direction for numerous enterprises entering this sector.

As early as 2007, Taikang began exploring the integrated medical and elderly care model, innovatively combining insurance with physical medical and elderly care services to form a new business model featuring “vibrant elderly care, premium healthcare, superior wealth management, and life care.” Meanwhile,By integrating insurance payment with medical and elderly care asset management services, we have built a "Grand Health Industry Ecosystem" encompassing three closed loops: longevity, health, and wealth.

Taikang Community · Shuyuan

Today, Taikang’s “comprehensive health industry ecosystem” is also taking root and flourishing in Sichuan. Located in the Land of Abundance, Taikang Community Shuyuan has been successfully operating for five years, continually gaining favor among its residents thanks to its innovative elderly care model and professional services.

Shu Yuan is five years old.

Since its opening, Taikang Community · Shuyuan has adhered to the distinctive philosophy of “cultural aging and active aging,” providing seniors with high-quality integrated medical and elderly care services and a better life. To date, it has served 1,380 seniors from approximately 4,140 families.

Taikang Community·Shuyuan is located in the Chengdu Wenjiang Medical City. It is Taikang’s first large-scale, full-service, internationally standardized medical and elderly care community in Southwest China, covering a total land area of approximately 114 mu, with an above-ground building area of about 184,000 square meters and a 13,000-square-meter high-quality vitality center.

Taikang’s high-quality senior living communities are designed to enable older adults to enjoy a more liberated lifestyle and work experience.Transforming “Aging” into “Enjoying Aging.”After five years of operation,Taikang Community · Shu Yuan has successfully turned this concept into reality.

Meticulously crafted age-friendly architecture, the landscape of Western Sichuan Linpan settlements, authentic wellness cuisine, Letai Academy courses, and a spiritual ethos that encourages value creation are all carefully curated features of Shu Garden."Five Beauties of Longevity"。

A Glimpse of the Internal and External Environments of Taikang Community·Shuyuan

Architecturally, Shu Garden adopts the courtyard-style architecture of traditional western Sichuan residences, with design inspiration drawn from the renowned "Kuanzhai Alley." The community features a variety of modern art installations, highlighting a cultural and artistic atmosphere for elderly care. Meanwhile, Shu GardenAge-Friendly Design Integrating International Accessibility Standards, to meet the care needs of elderly residents with varying health conditions and ensure their personal safety at all times.

To enrich the spiritual and cultural lives of seniors within the community, Shuyuan features a Cultural and Entertainment Center, a Sports and Wellness Center, and a large-scale recreational and wellness club. Additionally, the Letai Academy has been established within the community, where seniors can not only choose courses such as calligraphy and musical instruments based on their personal interests but also serve as instructors leveraging their expertise, thereby fully realizing their personal value.

Notably, catering to the local passion for mahjong and card games in Chengdu, Shu Garden has specially designated mahjong rooms and card game rooms, infusing the facility with a distinctive regional cultural ambiance.

Shuyuan Residents Perform Dance at the Fifth Anniversary Celebration

During their stay at Shuyuan, Huang Shiqiao and his wife, Zhang Aishan, actively participated in the Lezhi Game Design Competition hosted by Taikang Community, winning multiple awards. Their works, brimming with creativity, have been widely acclaimed. “Taikang Community has transformed our values regarding aging. The wonderful life we enjoy here is the source of our creative inspiration,” said Uncle Huang.

Over the five years since its opening,Shu Yuan has launched over 30 premium Letai courses and established nearly 30 clubs for seniors, with course and club activities cumulatively serving close to 100,000 participants., continuously enhancing the sense of well-being, fulfillment, and self-worth among elderly community members.

According to staff at Taikang Community · Shuyuan, currentlyShuyuan is home to over 850 residents, with an average age of 82.5 years; they place greater emphasis on the medical resources available here.

In this regard, Taikang Community’s pioneering “One Community, One Hospital” model establishes a triple safety net for residents, encompassing “emergency response, health management, and geriatric rehabilitation.”

Taikang Shuyuan Hospital

Among them,Chengdu Taikang Shuyuan HospitalAs a community-supporting hospital, it opened on the same day as Shuyuan. As a modern first-tier general hospital equipped with advanced medical devices and technologies, Taikang Shuyuan Hospital prioritizes health management, rehabilitation medicine, long-term care, and geriatrics as its key development areas, offering services including emergency care, outpatient care, and inpatient care.Building a Triple Line of Defense: Emergency Assistance, Chronic Disease Management, and Geriatric Rehabilitation, to Provide Seniors with One-Stop Health Services Covering the Entire Life Cycle.

Ms. Luo, a resident of Shu Yuan, experienced three sudden episodes of hypertension within one month, all occurring at night. After she pulled the emergency cord to raise the alarm, the on-duty physician, care manager, security personnel, and other members of the emergency response team at Shu Yuan arrived promptly to provide urgent assistance. Thanks to the professional and appropriate management by the medical staff, Ms. Luo’s condition was brought under timely and effective control.

At Taikang Community Shuyuan, emergency pull-cord alarm devices are commonly found in spaces such as the living room, bedroom, and bathroom. It is understood thatShuyuan has approximately 2,400 pull-cord alarm devices. Over five years of operation, there have been 1,439 valid pull-cord alarms, resulting in more than 1,000 resident rescues.Meanwhile, for elderly individuals with specific needs, the community has specially provided portable emergency location alarm cards that enable one-touch rescue calls, serving as the “first line of defense” for their safety.

In chronic disease management, Taikang Community fully leverages technology empowerment to innovatively createSmart Health and Elderly Care Service Cloud Platform: Establishing Health Records for Every Resident by Building a Health Data Center, enabling frontline doctors, nurses, and care managers to comprehensively monitor residents' health status throughout their life cycle, and assisting care managers and community clinic physicians in gaining a thorough understanding of population health distribution.

Upon moving into the community, each resident will undergo an admission physical examination and health assessment, establish a personalized health record, and develop a health promotion plan. During their stay, the medical and nursing team will provide medication guidance, regular monitoring, and health summaries focused on chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. By collaborating with nursing, nutrition, and exercise rehabilitation teams, we help elderly residents maintain stable physical conditions through consistent management.

Rehabilitation therapy is also a major specialty of Taikang Shuyuan Hospital. The hospital’s rehabilitation team helps many elderly residents regain physical function and restore confidence in daily life through professional and effective rehabilitation training.Over the past five years, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Taikang Shuyuan Hospital has provided rehabilitation treatment services to more than 50,000 patient visits.

From emergency care to health management and then to rehabilitation, the three-tiered defense firmly builds a “safety fortress” to safeguard the health of the elderly.

In addition to Taikang Shuyuan Hospital, other medical facilities such as Taikang Bybo Dental and Taikang Healthcare Chengdu Clinic have also been successfully established. Notably,Sichuan Taikang Hospital, the first tertiary general hospital integrating medical care, teaching, and research established by Taikang in Southwest China, is also expected to officially open in August this year.

Following its official opening and commencement of operations, Sichuan Taikang Hospital will further leverage the synergistic advantages of the broader health ecosystem. By adopting the “tri-medical coordination” approach—integrating medical care, health insurance, and pharmaceuticals—it will co-develop and share high-quality medical resources with Shuyuan, committed to extending clients’ lifespan and enhancing their quality of life.

Through Taikang Community · Shuyuan, we actually see the innovative solution proposed by Taikang to address the challenges of the longevity era.

Relevant data indicate that over 180 million elderly individuals in China suffer from chronic diseases; 75% of those aged 60 and above have at least one chronic condition, while 65% of those aged 65 and above live with two or more chronic conditions. Consequently, people are expected to live for extended periods with these illnesses. This trend has also given rise to multifaceted and multi-level demands in areas such as elderly care, nursing support, medical health services, and wealth management.

Yet, the elderly care market still faces numerous challenges and difficulties. As is well known,The healthcare and wellness industry is not a “fast-moving” sector, as it concerns people’s life, health, and quality of life, it requires a genuine understanding and insight into the real needs of the silver-haired population, as well as sufficient patience and effort to build appropriate models and services.Meanwhile, the concentration and integration of medical resources also test a company’s comprehensive capabilities and business development prowess, requiring a steadfast commitment to long-termism.

In the new era of longevity, the trillion-dollar elderly care market calls for innovative solutions.

In this context, Taikang integrates insurance with medical and elderly care services to innovatively create three closed loops: “Longevity, Health, and Wealth.”The ecosystem of the big health industry, grounded in a steadfast commitment to long-termism, has pioneered a new “Chinese model” for the elderly care sector.。

To date, Taikang Community’s high-quality senior living communities have been established in 29 cities across core regions including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Southwest China, and Central China. Thirteen communities, including Beijing Yanyuan, Shanghai Shenyuan, Shanghai Jinxiu Mansion, Guangzhou Yueyuan, Wuhan Chuyuan, Suzhou Wuyuan, Chengdu Shuyuan, Hangzhou Daqinggu, Nanchang Ganyuan, Shenyang Shenyuan, Changsha Xiangyuan, Xiamen Luyuan, and Nanning Guiyuan, are already in operation. Moving forward, Taikang Community will continue to deliver high-quality integrated medical and elderly care services to seniors in more regions across China.

Furthermore, Taikang has been continuously strengthening its big health ecosystem by establishing five major medical centers and developing three specialized disciplines—rehabilitation, dentistry, and neurology—thereby achieving a comprehensive layout integrating medical care, elderly care, rehabilitation, and wellness.

As Chairman Chen Dongsheng stated, Taikang’s strategy aligns with the future development trends of human society, aiming to enable people to be healthy, long-lived, and affluent. The practice of Taikang Community elderly care communities empowers residents to embrace the era of longevity and enjoy a fulfilling Taikang life.