[Aspects of social and health problems in the aged in the Kosice-Nové Mesto District].

The author presents the results of repeated examinations of a group of 725 old people on the records of the geriatric welfare centre of the district Kosice-Nové mesto. Attention is paid to medico-social needs of old people, their demands, to the extent and quality of care and housing conditions. Some suggestions are presented for the health and social services.