Objective:To investigate the satisfaction of the elderly who lived in medical-nursing combined in-stitutions in Weifang and to provide advice to the relevant department for optimizing the medical-nursing combined care mode. Methods:Using the convenience sampling method, 157 subjects from 2 medical-nursing combined institutions in Weifang were selected for the questionnaire survey. Results:The satisfaction score of the elderly was (4. 14 ± 0. 33), which was in the medium to high level. The satisfaction score of each dimension from high to low was listed as the daily life demands, the medical care needs, the recreational demands and psychological demands. Conclusions:The medical-nursing combined pension mode can mostly meet the basic needs of the elderly, but the service content needs to be expanded. It is needed for pension institutions to fully mobilize social resources to a-chieve the sustainable development of medical-nursing combined care mode.