rationale Primarily, hospital diet are tailored to adult patient, overlook to the needs of elderly. Investigatee food accepatability and its affects on overall daily food adequacy. So that, the situation can be improved.t Studies on elderly have now created interest among researchers pertaining to the nutrient intake among this special group (Suriah et.al, 1996; O’Neill, 2002). However, there are not many surveys on nutrient intake have been carried out in Malaysia (Suriah et al., 1996).Lately, at present, it is found that the studies keep increasing for the betterment of quality of life of elderly. Therefore, this research is mainly to investigate the problem and intervene immediately among elderly population.