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Old age is closing period in the life span. Age sixty is usually considered the dividing line between middle and old age. The present study examined the Depression of elderly people in both living patterns. The main objective of the study a level of depression among elderly people living in old age home and living with their family and to assess the depression between male and female elderly people.The research samples consisted of 120 elderly people age varying from 60 to 75 years, were selected using purposive sampling methods. All the participants were assessed individually by Yesavage (1983) Geriatric depression scale (short form). Proper statistical treatment was applied in order to obtain the result. The study has shown that the depression was equal and has not differentiated in the people living with their family and living at old age home and the depression score more in female than male.

Depression