Published Paper Details:

Ageing can be defined as the process of progressive change ,which occurs with the passage of time ,independent of the varies of life ,the assaults of disease and the random abuses of social living. It is a universal phenomenon in the lives of humans from conception, and according to most biologists the aging begins from the fourth decade of life and ends with death, the end of biological life. The process of human aging is complex and individualized, occurs in the biological, psychological and social sphere .Objectives To assess the prevalence of psycho � social problems among elderly in urban population of Palasa , Srikakulam. To associate the prevalence of psycho �social problems among elderly in urban population with their selected demographic variables. Methodology A descriptive design was employed by using Non probability convenient sampling technique. Data was collected from the psycho-social problems among 100 elderly in urban population, of Palasa, Srikakulam, Andhrapradesh. Data analysis consisted of descriptive and inferential statistics . Results In this study out of 100 elderly urban population 33(33 %) had low Anxiety ,51 (51%) had moderate Anxiety, 16(16 % )had high anxiety of psycho �social problems .26 (26%) had low depression ,54 (54%) had moderate Depression ,20 (20%) had high depression of prevalence of psycho-social problems , 46 (46%) had low financial problems ,34 (34%) had medium financial problems,20 (20%)had high financial problems of psycho- social problems .26 (26%) had low spiritual 50 aspects(50%) had medium spiritual aspects ,24(24%) had high spiritual problems of psycho-social problems . 28(28%) had low stress,49(49%) had medium stress,23 (23%) had high stress of psycho-social problems . Conclusion The Social problems refer to family burden, social isolation, dependency and financial problem.The present study finding serve as a basis for the professionals to conducted further studies on psycho-social problems .Awareness Programmes should be conducted to the different urban area and also can conducted to the same study with different variables on a large sample. Effective teaching materials and audio visual aids should be used to communicate the ideas there by improving their knowledge and attitude towards the psycho � social problems among the elderly.