Abstract: COVID-19 epidemic has not only brought new challenges to elderly health services,but also promoted the development of elderly health services in China to some extent.During the epidemic period,especially in the early stage of it,the elderly are faced with difficulties in medical medicine,hindered development of care services,and single access to health information,social isolation and inadequate preparation of epidemic prevention materials.At the national level,a series of policies have been implemented to support the development of health services for the elderly.At the local level,measures have been taken to ensure the health needs of the elderly,such as the combination of online and offline medical treatment,mobilization of family doctor team to carry out services,and popularizing health and epidemic prevention knowledge.Based on the theory of network governance,the development of elderly health service should be diversified,grass-roots governance,informized and dynamic.Combined with the experience of epidemic prevention and control,the corresponding suggestions are put forward from the following aspects:service environment,capacity building of primary health service,health education service,mental health of the elderly,and resilience to public health emergencies.

Key words: COVID-19, health services for the elderly, impacts and enlightments