Table 1

The self- expressed needs for the elderly patients		Total (%)
Communications modes	Own writing	24
	Written form large prints	2
	Write without seeing	2
	Braille	0
	Get someone else to write	72
Activities of daily living	No activities	2
	Basic skills	10
	Indoors (including basic skills)	5
	All activities	83
Mobility (ability to move around)	Good without aids	83
	Low vision aids	0
	Cane (wooden stick)	9
	Searching	3
	Sighted guide	5

Table 1: The Self Expressed Needs for the Elderly Patients with Senile Cataract. Interview for situation analysis8 introduced the ministries and organizations currently supporting the elderly people (Figures 4) and; elderly homes in Sudan (Figure 5).