Objectives: The aim of this study was to review the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic on the elderly. In this study, we will review topics such as the causes of Covid-19 severity in the elderly, ‌ Psychological problems of the elderly, ‌the relation between comorbidities and Covid-19 severity, and the comparison of Covid-19 with other pandemics. Methods & Materials: This systematic review study...

Objectives: Cognitive impairments and negative attitudes toward self, world, and future in the elderly are common problems that cause loss of efficiency, quality of life, and increased mortality among them. This study compared the cognitive triad (negative attitude toward the self, world, and future) between the elderly who residing at homes and nursing care facilities. Methods & M...

Introduction: Increasing life expectancy has led to a significant increase in the growth rate of the elderly population. In parallel with this increase, the elderly is affected by various diseases and required to use various drugs. Consumption of a large number of drugs can cause various injuries and problems for the elderly contrary to what is expected, so this study aims to investigate polyph...

Objectives: Considering the growth of the elderly population and the need of the elderly for health services and the importance of supplementary insurance on improving the quality of life of the elderly households, this study aimed to investigate the effect of supplementary health insurance on out-of-pocket payments for elderly households in urban areas of Iran. Methods: this descriptive-analy...

Objectives: by reducing the fertility rate and Improve health& social conditions in Iran, increases the statistics of population older women also follow the whole population of seniors. So that in two decades than has increased the population of elderly women to total female population of 3 percent to 4.1 percent in the recent census in 2006 to 7 percent and is expected that increasing continue...

Introduction: Elderly is a very important stage in life, and death anxiety is a common feature of the elderly, so it is important to identify the factors that affect death anxiety during this period. Therefore, purpose of this study was to investigate the role cognitive fusion, social support and perception of aging in prediction death anxiety in elderly. Methods: This is a cross-sectional stud...

Introduction and purpose: Nowadays aging arising is considered as one of the most important concerns, the increasing number of elderly and consequently the institutionalized elderly it is important to paid more attention to their health. The aim of study was to Comparison of perceived stress and intolerance of uncertainty among elderly residents of the sanatorium and the elderly living with the...