Aging is a complex and dynamic process with interrelated and inseparable
physiological, psychological and sociological components. Moreover, the elderly can
be a burden to themselves, their families and their communities. The present study
aims to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices of workers in Assiut University
toward the elderly care. The subjects of the study consist of624 working personnel in
different faculties in Assiut University setting. They were chosen using propoltion
allocation method which was 25% of the total number of working personnel in each
faculty, the total number of the workers in Assiut University was 2558. The results
revealed that the mean age of the workers was 37.2 ±11.6; females represented 60%
of the studied sample, 44% of them were highly educated, and 81.0% of them living
in urban communities, 45.8% of them living with elderly persons at home, while
54.2% not living with them. Majority of the studied sample had good knowledge
regarding to the changes, which occur to the elderly, such as nutrition, sleeping
problems, accident and exercise, while the majority of them had a poor knowledge
regarding health promotion and disease prevention of the elderly. Only 14.7% of the
studied sample had a satisfactory degree of practice toward the elderly care and the
rest of them had a poor degree of practice. Females in studied sample had more score
in practice than males. Those living in rural communities also had more score in
knowledge and practice than those living in urban communities. The portion of the
studied sample that was living with elderly persons, at their homes had high score in
knowledge and practice than who were not living with them.