Electronic version of Elderly Health News

The electronic version of the Elderly Health News is an officially authorized online reading port that synchronizes all the contents of the paper version. It is completely free and open to the public. It is also equipped with aging-friendly functions such as large character adjustment, voice reading, content retrieval, and past issue tracing. It is currently one of the most convenient channels for middle-aged and elderly people to obtain authoritative health science.

Don't mention it. Uncle Zhang, who lives downstairs in my house, used to be a loyal reader of newspapers. Every morning when he went for a walk in the park, he would go to the newsstand and ask, "Have you checked in today's senior health check?" Last month, his son saved the entry to the electronic version for him on the desktop of his mobile phone. Now the old man comes back from a walk and slumps down on the sofa. He can read it by clicking on it. If the characters are too small, they can be enlarged to the maximum. It is more eye-catching than the newspaper title. Sometimes he is too lazy to pick up his glasses and just clicks the read aloud button. He reads slowly in standard Mandarin while he makes tea and chooses vegetables beside him.

As an authoritative health print media under the supervision of the National Health Commission, the content review standards of Senior Health News are much stricter than those of ordinary self-media. All content involving disease prevention and medication guidance must be reviewed by experts at or above the deputy chief physician level before publication. The content of the electronic version and the paper version are 100% synchronized, and there is no two sets of content online and offline. Currently, the backend has launched all previous content from 2018 to the present, with a total of more than 120,000 popular science articles. There are no commercial advertisements, and no messy "get free eggs" or "special medicine" windows will pop up. I personally tested this when I helped the elderly search for content, and I feel very comfortable using it. There was an old man in the community who uploaded a short video and heard someone say that "eating celery can cure high blood pressure." He stopped taking antihypertensive drugs without permission and almost had a stroke. Later, he specially saved an electronic version of a popular science column about high blood pressure. Now he searches for what the experts say about what he eats and does, and he no longer just trusts the folk remedies on the Internet.

Of course, not everyone thinks the electronic version is easy to use. I helped the community promote the use of the electronic version for three months. Many elderly people I met clearly said, "The paper version still feels solid and easy to flip through. The electronic version always feels unrealistic when sliding around." Sister Li, who is in charge of community elderly services, also said that when registering their wishes, almost one-third of the elderly people made it clear that they did not know how to use or did not want to use the electronic version, but they were still willing to order paper newspapers. In fact, there is no need to worry about this. The electronic version itself is a supplementary option, not a replacement for the paper version. The newspaper has never said that it will stop issuing paper publications. Everyone can follow their own habits. And even if you prefer paper reading, the electronic version can also be used as a "database". For example, if you want to find a diabetes recipe that was published six months ago, and you have to dig through the paper newspaper pile at home for a long time to find it, you can find the electronic version in one second by searching for the keyword "diabetes recipe". You can export the PDF and go to the print shop downstairs to print one for 50 cents. It is exactly the same as the original newspaper. You can also booklet your frequently used content, which saves a lot of space than saving a stack of old newspapers.

Some industry researchers have also mentioned that the current promotion of electronic versions cannot be "one size fits all", and the circulation of paper versions cannot be reduced in order to reduce costs. After all, there are many elderly people and elderly people living alone who do not know how to use smartphones, and paper newspapers are still their main channel for obtaining authoritative health information. The newspaper has long considered this. Not only is the paper version now being distributed normally, many community elderly service stations will also arrange volunteers to teach the elderly how to use the electronic version. The steps are very simple. You only need to click on the mobile phone icon to use it. If you are quick, you can learn it in two minutes. Last time I taught Aunt Wang, who lives in Building 3, how to use it. She had cataracts in her eyes and had difficulty reading. After learning how to use the reading function, she turned it on at 7:30 every day and listened to it while cleaning the house. She said it was much more reliable than the health programs on the radio. "After listening to the radio halfway through, she started selling medicine. This is all practical information, no nonsense."

In fact, to put it bluntly, whether it is a paper newspaper or an electronic version, the core is to provide reliable health knowledge to our elderly friends, and we can do whatever is comfortable for us. If you want to try the electronic version, just search for the "Elderly Health News Electronic Version" applet on WeChat. There is no need to download or register, you can just click in and use it. The operation is really not that complicated.