Objective To improve the living quality of the elderly patients in the hospital, we did a research about service requirements by providing related nursing service. Methods Having investigated the needs of 100 patients at the age from 65 to 92 from January to December in 2015. The patients were particularly nursed, and we compared their living quality and satisfaction after being nursed. Results The rank of the needs are:needs of nursing skills, needs of healthy education, needs of environment, needs of respect, needs of humanistic care and needs of privacy. By comparing the scores of living quality of admission and discharge, we found an obvious difference (P<0. 05). Conclusions The living quality of the elderly patients is low because of poor physical condition and age. Therefore, we took good care of elderly patients by knowing their particular needs and specifically nursed. By doing so, they would be more satisfied with their living quality and the hospital service.