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Introduction: The growing trend of the aging phenomenon introduce the necessity of attention to perceived social support as an effective factor in promoting older adults health. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between perceived social support and health in the elderly in Azarshahr.
Method: The current study is a cross-sectional and descriptive study which was conducted by participation of 312 older adults who aged 65 years and above from Azarshahr city using stratified random sampling method. The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire was used to evaluate the mental health, the General Health Questionnaire to assess general health and ability to perform activities of daily living, the Keyes Social Health Questionnaire to measure social health and the Sarason’s Social Support Questionnaire to assess perceived social support. One-dimensional tables and independent t test and ANOVA were used to describe and analysis of the data by SPSS software version 14.
Results: The health status of the elderly in the Azarshahr is on moderate level (53.53%). Approximately 47 percent of them had a high level of perceived social support. There is a significant relationship between perceived social support and mental (p <0.001) and social health of older adults (p = 0.002), while there is no significant relationship between perceived social support and physical health of them (p = 0.431).
Conclusion: Elderly people with high level of perceived social support have better mental and social health than others. But perceived social support does not have any effect on physical health.

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Introduction: ageing period affect on variety of psychological and social factors like; social support, loneliness and quality of sleep. The main objective of this study was to assess the relationship between sleep quality and perceived social support with loneliness in elderly men.
Method: The current study is descriptive research. 100 elderly men between 65 to 75 years old were selected by Available sampling method through district  number 20 and the Jahandidegan centers of Tehran Municipality by 2015-2016. Data collection tools included mental state examination (MMSE), Screening subjects and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) ,loneliness questionnaire (UCLA) and perceived social support questionnaire were Zymt (MSPSS). In order to analyze data from tables descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and ,stepwise regression  were used.
Results: The results showed that there was a negative significant relationship between sleep quality and loneliness with perceived social support. Social protection alone is able to predict loneliness in elderly men and 58% of its variance  was explained through it (p<0/01). In the second model, social support and quality sleep together have been able to predict 61 percent of the variance of loneliness (p<0/01).
Conclusion: Attention to the quality of life, loneliness, and perceived social support among elderly men could be useful. The findings of this study focus on the role of social support in the elderly health care. Therefore, it is suggested to the psychologists and counselors to develop programs based on promotion of social support and prevention the loneliness and isolation in elderly men.