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Objectives: To evaluate the nutrition status in community dwelling Egyptian older subjects, living in Cairo, and the factors that may be associated with malnutrition. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Egyptian social clubs, in Cairo. Participants: 318 older subjects, 60 years old and above. Measurements: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Mini Nutritional Assessment. Results: The nutrition status of the sample was: 44 % (140 subjects) were well nourished, 41.5% (132 subjects) had risk of malnutrition and 14.5 % (46 subjects) were malnourished. the mean age of the well-nourished patients was 64 ± 3.16, while for malnourished patients was 72.3 ± 4.83 [P: <0.001]. Sex did not show a significant difference between well-nourished and malnourished patients [P: 0.35]. Also marital status did not show significant affection of nutritional status [P: 0.254]. While education level and employment status showed significant difference between well-nourished and malnourished patients [P: <0.001]. The functional state assessed by ADL showed a significant difference between well-nourished and malnourished patients [P: <0.007]. Also the Cognitive impairment was more among malnourished than well-nourished patients [P: 0. <0.001]. Depression and polypharmacy were significantly found more among malnourished than well-nourished patients [P: 0.009, 0. 001] respectively. logistic regression analysis revealed that increased age, low score of MMSE, less years of education and increased number of medications were independent risk factor for malnutrition. Conclusion: Malnutrition and risk of malnutrition were prevalent in community dwelling older population, especially with increased age, less education, living alone, unemployment, cognitive impairment, depression and taking multiple medications. So we recommend that nutritional assessment to be included in any assessment of elderly person.

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Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an acute disease that causes high mortality in the elderly, and is a common cause of medical admission. Poor prognostic factors of CAP include advancing age, multiple co morbid illnesses, poor premorbid functional status and severity of pneumonia. Objectives: A prospective observational study was conducted to determine the predictors of outcomes of (CAP) in Egyptian older adults. Subjects and Methods: 170 elderly patients; 72 males and 98 females were recruited from Ain Shams University Hospitals, diagnosed with CAP and required admission to the hospital for treatment. Tools applied were: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Pneumonia Specific Risk Index (PSI), CURB-65, The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and Barthel Index (BI). Results: CURB 65 and PSI showed significant differences for all the outcomes (length of stay, ICU admission, ventilation and mortality). Using the logistic regression analysis, BI was found to be a significant predictor for the length of hospital stay (