• Dr. Rehena Parveen
• Dr. A. K. M. Azad Hossain
• S.M. Nasim Azad
• Sabrina Rahaman
• Md. Hasan

Population aging is expected to have a major impact on many aspects of life in the new millennium. In Bangladesh, people aged 60 and over are considered as elderly citizens. About 6% of the total population of Bangladesh constitutes the elderly population and the corresponding absolute number is 10 million. The present study aims at understanding the health and physical conditions, health facilities, family support system, need assessment and other factors related to the elderly people in rural Bangladesh. A total of 216 aged people was drawn from three district of Bangladesh named Gopalganj, Patuakhali, and Bagerhat from March 2022 to May 2022, following a well- structured questionnaire under a multi-stage sampling technique. The analysis suggests that major problems of elderly people are the health problems and lack of care. The analysis suggests that major problems of elderly people are the health problems and lack of care. The analysis suggests that elderly people’s concerns are on health, living arrangement and family and community support. The socio-economic characteristics of the Elderly people suggest that they are more vulnerable in terms of access to food, health and shelter. Both univariate and bivariate analysis were carried out to understand their problems. There is an association between elderly people’s health status and their age, marital status, size of household, type of house, household land, cultivable land, occupation, monthly income, distance of the nearby health center, negligence during treatment. The analysis suggests that the basic needs of the elderly people are food, clothes, treatment, and shelter. Logistic regression analysis is also carried out using the significant variables of bivariate analysis. Logistic regression analysis suggests that elderly people’s age, education, work status, area of cultivable land, monthly income, distance of health center, whether all sons live together and any negligence during treatment are statistically significant with the health status of the elderly people. The policy implications of the study are also discussed.

Aging, health status, family support system, need assessment, Logistic regression.

"A Cross Sectional Study on Health Status, Family Support Systems and Need Assessment of Elderly Population at Three Districts in Bangladesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.a346-a358, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307040.pdf

"A Cross Sectional Study on Health Status, Family Support Systems and Need Assessment of Elderly Population at Three Districts in Bangladesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppa346-a358, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307040.pdf