"Aging does not mean lost youth, but new opportunities and strength." Bob Hope For the last 100 years, life has been prolonged considerably. In the population there is an increasing percentage of elderly people burdened with various chronic diseases. With the decline in the functional abilities of the elderly, we find that the need for care and assistance is increasing. With the goal and the desire to keep as many of the elderly at home as possible in its well-known environment, many forms of care and socio-medical assistance have been developed. As such, the role of the health visitor is extremely important, as it enables the education and provision of information on care services available to the elderly in their community. In the research conducted in the local community of Desinić in the Krapina-Zagorje County, the aim was to identify the need for older people for community care services and to establish the information of the elderly about the services they provide. The study involved 50 participants of the age of 65. The survey was conducted through a survey consisting of 30 questions. The first few questions were related to general data, while the rest of the survey was related to the quality of life and care services. The results of the research are presented in the paper, but it is a very important conclusion that the participants received the largest number of information on the care services from the health visitor. Care for the elderly is a responsible and honorable job because it is an aging process that nobody can stop or avoid.