The main purpose of this study is to explore the cognition of importance and needs assessment with health community for the aged population. The study adopted a questionnaire survey method and 500 questionnaires from the elderly in Chiayi City responded. The statistical analysis of this study indicated significantly that both the cognition and need were related to the education and health status of the elderly. The open-end questionnaires also showed the "health" theme is a critical variable and lifelong learning is worthy of much more attention.