BackgroundThis study was conducted to evaluate the effects of attitudes to ageing and depression as predictors of death anxiety in community-dwelling older adults.MethodThe study was a cross-sectional and correlational design and conducted with 400 participants who met the inclusion criteria and admitted to four different family health centers in Turkiye. Data were collected with the Individual Evaluation Form, Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire, Geriatric Depression Scale and Templer Death Anxiety Scale.ResultsAccording to the results, community-dwelling older adults have depressive symptoms and death anxiety; and the attitudes to ageing and depression can predict death anxiety among community-dwelling older adults.ConclusionThis result highlights that interventions should be planned in order to reduce death anxiety among community-dwelling older adults by taking the attitude to ageing and the symptoms of depression into account.