Introduction The pollution of the elderly people in the world is increasingly growing at a rapid pace. This is with regard to its percentage in relation to that of the young people, as well as an increase in absolute numbers. Current population estimates has it that the percentage of the elderly people who are in the ager bracket above 65 years stands at 55 percent. A majority of these have also been shown to reside in the developed countries. There is a net increase of about 1.2 million people on the world’s elderly people, and the third world countries have been shown to contribute close to 80 percent of this increase (Abyad, 2001). Statistics also indicates that by the year 2025, the overall population of the elderly people in the world shall have hit the 976 million mark. Of these, 72 percent shall be from the developing regions (Abyad 1994). The developing countries have lately been experiencing higher and faster rates of aging, thanks to a decline in the fertility rates of the population, in comparison to the developed countries (Eysa 2006). Notably, Asia, the Caribbean, as well as the Latin American countries have been recognized as the three regions currently experiencing the fastest aging rates amongst their population (Abyad, 2001). Further, it is estimated that between the year 2000 and 2030, the population of the elderly in these regions shall also have doubled (Abyad 1996). The west has also been shown to have a high growth rate for its elderly populace. Sadly, these are also vulnerable to chronic disease and so the more reason why health care services should be provided to them. Indeed, the problems facing the frail and old, as well as the development of programs targeted at them, and the understanding of the principles applicable to such programs, is turning out to be a problem of international dimensions (Lipson, 1983). Issues in the healthcare program of the elderly in Middle East In comparison to their western counterparts, the issue of healthcare provision for the elderly in the eastern countries appears to be strongly under the influence of cultural values and the applied communication styles (Abyad 1994). Despite the variations amongst the members of Middle East with regard to ethnicity, they nevertheless appear to have some common behaviors and values. Such include the issue of strength affiliations amongst the members of a family, the styles used to interact, space and time orientations, and the attitudes held with regard to ill health (Abyad, 1995). There are numerous problems that are faced by these countries in their attempt at providing adequate healthcare to their most vulnerable members of the society. Amongst these is a lack of the acquiring of the relevant and timely information, the issue of ‘demanding behavior’ usually exhibited by some the family members, as well as some conflicting beliefs concerning planned healthcare. There is also the issue of communication, in which it is usually regarded as a bad omen to issue a diagnosis (Lipson, 1983). In the last couple of years, there has sprung up a number of models that are aimed at providing health care to the elderly community at a community level. This has not only been envisioned, but it is also being implemented with recorded success in a number of the developed countries (Diamond & Orzag, 2004). Some of these services include home-based hea