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@#<p style="text-align: justify;">This study explored the interplay of the care culture (C), caring process (P) and care agent (A) in the care of older adults towards care satisfaction and quality of life. Two elderly care facilities (public and private) were considered as cases of this study. Using case study design, four elderly clients were asked to answer the Modified Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, and five care facility personnel were interviewed and observed. The cross-case analysis derived the themes: a) a caring governance is a felt privilege for the elderly; b) housing arrangement: security or vulnerability?; c) How did you take care of me?: Its influence on patient care outcomes; and d) Elderly care provider: What am I?. The landscape of elderly care is a combination of the environment, culture, process and the agent who made the care more effective through patient outcomes and satisfaction. These factors have interacting relationship which one to the other but ultimately leads to a question of the elderly clients' present disposition and conditions.</p>