This study aims at finding out the differences between the elderly
residing infirmaries and those staying with their Families concerning their
suffering of anxiety according to the factors of the place of residence, age
and gender. The study deals
with 436 elderlies; these include 222 males
and 214 females. The elderlies in the infirmaries are 150 and those with
their Families are 286 as taken from the governorates of Damascus, Rural
Damascus, Homs and Lattakia.