The "Mini Mental State Examination", the "Geriatric Depression Scale", the "Activity of Daily Living", the "Cumulative Illness Rating Scale Geriatric", the "Death Obsession Scale", the "Brief religious coping scale" and the "Arabic Religiosity Scale" were used to assess cognitive functions, depression, level of dependency, comorbidities, death obsession, religious coping and religiosity, respectively. ...CONCLUSION: Older people living in nursing homes have specific psychosocial and spiritual needs, that health care providors should recognize, assess and care for, early and adequately....