Impact of social environment of geriatric institution on the psycho-social health of the elderly in Dakahelia governrate

Senior citizen is the person of relatively advanced age, especially a person at or over the age of retirement. ( Hera Diani, 2005). Also Senior citizens are the forgotten members of our society. Because growing old is something none of us want to think abWorldwide, the number of people 65 or older is increasing faster than ever before. Most of this increase is occurring in developed countries. In the United States the percentage of people 65 or older increased from 4 percent in 1900 to about 13 percent inIn Egypt, the population aged 65 and over was 2,824 million representing 4% of population in the year 2000, reached 3,287 million representing 4.3% of population in year 2004, and expected to reach 6.366 million representing 6.6% of population by the year