Abstract Ageing is a natural and an inevitable development phenomenon bringing along a number of changes in physical, psychological, hormonal and the social conditions. Health problems tend to increase with an advancing age and very often the problems appropriate due to neglect, poor socioeconomic status etc. A descriptive approach was chosen and 100 senior citizens were participated. The data was collected by structure questionnaire with an interview technique. The result revealed that out of 100 senior citizens 33(33%) were known hypertensive’s, 13(13%) were hypertensive’s but unaware the condition and 11(11%) had systolic hypertension. An overwhelming percentage (64%) of senior citizens had below average knowledge followed by 32%, 4% average knowledge and above average knowledge. Among known hypertensive’s 36% were maintained blood pressure under control, and the rest 64%were had uncontrolled blood pressure. Finally the study was shown that the significant association between the knowledge on hypertension and selected demographic variables like gender, occupation, and education (p<0.01). It is important to create a caring society with an emphasis to improve awareness on hypertension management and prevention of complication. Community based supportive services for elderly should be developed in partnership with public, private and family member of senior citizens.
Keywords: Geriatric Problem; Senior Citizens; Systolic Hypertension.