Status of supportive coverage of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and Welfare Organization for the Elderly; An inter-provincial survey

Today, one of the most important issues in the study of aging is the review of the coverage of the elderly by supportive institutions. With the increase in the number of elderly people in the country, the need to meet the special needs of this population group is a priority in policy-making and planning.The purpose of this study is to compare and review the coverage of the elderly under the auspices of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Welfare Organization, as two major organizations supporting the poor elderly in society. The main question that we are looking for an answer in this study is whether, as the number of elderly people in the country has increased, the coverage of official organizations supporting them has increased or not; And what has been the status of this coverage at the national and provincial levels in recent years? The results of this study show that during the period 1394 to 1397, the coverage of these two organizations of the elderly in the country has decreased from 33.7% to 27.4%. This means that the level of support in these two organizations has been declining in proportion to the growth of the elderly population. The highest amount of support coverage of the two mentioned institutions for the elderly was related to Sistan and Baluchestan, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces and the lowest amount was related to Tehran, Alborz and Isfahan provinces.