Background:Aging is a natural process of accumulation of diverse deleterious change occurring in cells and tissue with advancing age that are responsible for the increased risk of chronic disease as stroke. Aim: To assess nurses' performance regarding care for elderly stroke patients. Methods: a descriptive research design was performed on a convenient sample consisted of 68 nurses were available at four departments which are male neurological department, female neurological department, neurological care unit, and medical care unit in Beni-