Background: Peritraumatic distress is a negative psychological experience among older adults during COVID-19. Aim of study: The study aimed to identify factors associated with peritraumatic distress among community dwelling older adults during covid-19. Subjects and methods: A descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. The study subjects were selected from outpatient clinic of Shark El-Madina hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.  Convenient sample of one hundred older adults were included in the study aged 60 years and above and had normal cognitive function. Three tools were used in the current study as follows, Socio-demographic and Clinical Data of Community Dwelling Older Adults Structured Interview Schedule, Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) and The Covid-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) PDI. Results: More than half (60.0%) of community dwelling older adults experienced mild/ moderate distress and more than one quarete (31.0%) of them experienced sever peritrumatric distress during covid-19. The main factors associated with peritraumatic distress were age and level of education. Conclusion and recommendations: Peritrumatic distress is common among community dwelling older adults during COVID -19 and there are a significantly associated factors with developing it. Careful assessment and appropriate plan should be conducted among community dwelling older adults to prevent develop of peritraumatic distress.