Objective To explore the retired veteran cadres'satisfaction on current medical and nursing services in the cadre's sanatorium, and analyze the influencing factors .Methods By using cluster sampling , a total of 156 retired veteran cadres were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire , which contains two aspects of basic theory and skills and humanistic care on satisfaction .Results The score of satisfaction was (47.08 ±5.86), showing a preferable situation.The stepwise regression revealed that gender , family and social support, living conditions were the main factors affecting the retired veteran cadre'life satisfaction ( t=2.262, 2.602, 2.319, respectively;P <0.05 ).Conclusions While strengthening the learning of professional knowledge , health care workers in the cadre's sanatorium should attach great importance to humanistic care and humanistic nursing , giving more care to veteran cadres in many ways , thus we can improve the life satisfaction of veteran cadres comprehensively .