Introduction
Free elderly health check-up for the elderly in Taipei City helds every year by the Department of Health of Taipei City Government. Eligible population include Taipei City residents aged 65 or over and Taipei City residents with indigenous identity aged 55 or over.

Registration in prior is required. Online appointment system and on-site or online hospital registration generally open from March. The health check-up for the elderly is usually performed between April and July at our hospital, please refer to the website announcement for the exact dates, which may vary from year to year.

[Note] This service is only provided to eligible senior residents of Taipei City and with a Taiwan ID card. For persons without eligibilitites, please visit Family Medicine Clinic for advice and checkup. 

[Take year 2023 for example]

In 2023, the elderly health check-up in Taipei Veterans General Hospital would take  place from April to August, which would enroll 1700 senior residents. There are 255 priority group places and 1445 general group places available for registration. We offer 1300 Option A and 400 Option B elderly health checks. The public must first pick up a number from the Department of Health, Taipei City online and then make an appointment at the hospital's registration website.

The number obtained by the Department of Health through the Internet only means
that you are eligible to register for an appointment, not the order of registration. In
view of the need for epidemic prevention, only online registration is available in our
hospital, not on-site registration, and there is no manual arrangement for health
check-ups. If you need to change the time after registration, you have to cancel your
registration and re-register.

Instructions on how to pick up a number and make a reservation

[Take year 2023 for example]

1. Priority Groups

• Priority groups are the elderly living in Taipei City aged 65 or above living alone, low income, low- and middle-income households, people with physical and mental disabilities and indigenous people aged 55 or above.
• The online appointment system will be available from 7am on February 20 2023, or until all hospital appointments are filled, whichever comes first.
• To retrieve a number: the Department of Health, Taipei City online at https://aged.health.gov.tw
• Priority groups who have retrieved a number will have priority to make appointments through the registration website from 9am on March 2 2023, until all appointments are filled. 
  Registration website: https://www6.vghtpe.gov.tw/reg/oldReg.do

2. General groups

• General groups are elderly aged 65 or above who are residents of Taipei City
• The online appointment system will be available from 7AM on March 2 2023, or until all hospital appointments are filled, whichever happens first.
• To retrieve a number: the Department of Health, Taipei city online at https://aged.health.gov.tw
• General groups who have retrieved a number will have to make appointments through the registration website from 9am on March 14 2023, until all appointments are filled. 
  Registration website: https://www6.vghtpe.gov.tw/reg/oldReg.do

Note

• Elderly people (or accompanying family members) are advised to bring their senior citizen's identity card and health insurance card to the health screening.
• Indigenous people aged 55-64 should bring their Household Certificate or relevant documents.

Contents of the health exam

Options A and B

Elderly residents are required to select either Option A or Option B for their health
check-up. For those who have chosen Option B in the previous year (e.g. 2022), they can
only choose Option A this year, then Option B can be chosen again only after one year
(e.g. 2024 or afterwards). On the other hand, Option A can be chosen every year.