Elderly face health risks after big festivals

The festive season is over and many elderly people who joined their families for the Spring Festival have now returned to their everyday lives - and the challenge of living on their own.

"The elderly are vulnerable," says Miao Lifu, a cardiologist at Tsinghua University No 1 Hospital in Beijing. "Too much excitement or overtiredness will increase the likelihood of heart and brain diseases."

Miao says that after the festival, there has been a notable rise in the number of elderly patients at his hospital.