TY - BOOK AU - Shereen Elsayed Mansour AU - Laila Mahmoud Kamel , AU - Maha Abdelrahman Mowafy , AU - Salma Fouad Dowara , TI - Opportunities for elderly care in family health care units / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shereen Elsayed Mansour , KW - Elderly care KW - Falls KW - Geriatrics N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - By increase life expectancy the elderly population increasing gradually allover the world and in Egypt. Being a family physician you should identify this group, their problems and needs to provide highly qualified services for them. To identify the elderly population and their needs.To assess the system of elderly care provided through units. To assess the impression of the elderly about the services of family health units.This is a cross sectional study, carried out in two family health units in qaliubiya governorate. The study sample consisted of 40 medical service providers (physicians, nurses and raeda refia) who completed a questionnaire about the elderly services they provide and 60 elderly clients. Every one of the clients filled another questionnaire which assessed the elderly services in general, his satisfaction and if other services are needed ER -