Background: Introduction: This study is about explaining how elderly people with chronic disease experience their lives, their emotional reactions, their social & physical functions and their adaptation to life. Methodology: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted in wards and OPD of medicine department of associated hospitals of S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, and Rajasthan. This study included a total of 200 elderly patients. Out of which 100 elderly patients were having chronic diseases and rest of 100 were not having chronic diseases (which had been used as control). Data were collected by means of questionnaire & clinical examination.