Aim of the study:
Aim: One of the factors affecting the life of the elderly is the extent of social support by the people around them. The present study was designed to determining social support among the elderly, in Shiraz at 2015.

Subject or material and methods:
Materials and Methods: This study was a cross – sectional analytical research with a sample size of 143. To collectthe required data, Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) was used. Linear Regression was used to analyze the data, and SPSS version 19 was applied for analysis.

Results:
Results: Among 143 elderly participants, 43 were male (30.1%) and 100 were female (69.9%). Results of the multivariate analysis indicated that among the factors studied, age, education and previous job (self-employed and housewife) were significantly relatedto both social networks and social satisfaction (p-value <0.00).

Discussion:
Discussion: This study aimed to investigate the demographic factors associated with social support for the self-introduced elderly in care centers in Shiraz. After controlling the possible impact of confounding variables, findings of our study showed that age, education, and previous job (self-employed and housewife) were significantly associated with both social network and satisfaction.

Conclusions:
Conclusions: The findings of this study indicated that among the factors studied, age, occupation and education of the elderly people had the greatest roles in social support.