[Regional service for senior citizens--a responsibility of the public health office].

At present the share of persons over 60 years of age in the total population is about 20 per cent. The number of persons of very advanced age and of persons in need of permanent care is increasing. Planning care of such persons is one of the major problems of society in the coming decades. This means that Public Health offices will have to tackle important problems in planning, in an advisory capacity and in expertising. The article describes the activities of the "Planning Group Concerned with Care for Persons of Advanced Age" under the supervision of the Public Health Office in Schleswig-Holstein district.