生、長、壯、老、死是人類社會永恆不變的發展順序，然而隨著社會的進步，人類平均壽命得以延長，與此同時，新生兒的出生率和死亡率呈現下降趨勢，從而導致全球人口正快速的老化，這已經成為世界各國重視的議題。銀髮族因年輕時工作性質、生活環境、生活習慣，以及隨著年齡增長體質下降、抵抗力減弱等等多方面原因，容易受到各種慢性疾病的侵害，給很多家庭和政府帶來了沉重的經濟、醫療負擔。同時，銀髮族的生活品質也會受到影響。以傳統導引養生術為基礎編創的健身氣功，具有“未病先防、已病防變”治療保健效果，在一定程度上能夠預防和治療銀髮族羣所患各種慢性病並有效提高銀髮族生活品質。
Everyone goes through birth, aging, sickness and death, it's an eternal growth pattern of human society. However, with the rapidly development of society and the progress of science, it became possible to extend the life span of human beings. Simultaneously, the reduction of both the birth rates and the adult mortality rates are accelerating the pace of population aging around the world. This has already became an extremely important global issue. Due to the weakened of immune system and physical deterioration, the elderly are more likely to fall chronically ill. Population aging lead to not only the lower quality of life but also the increase in the old-age dependency ratio which imposed the increase of economic burden of families further on whole society. Based on Chinese traditional regimen, Health-Qigong is a kind of preventive treatment. To some extent, Qigong could effectively improve the quality of life of senior citizen suffered from chronic diseases
