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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are common problems affecting the elderly and it is the main reason for disability. In case of osteoarthritis they are commonly report restrictions in their ability to carry out meaningful everyday activities and often require assistance from others. For these subpopulation, quality of life is referring to old age it must be required to address the broad diversity of ways of aging; that is, from successful aging through usual aging to aging with disability (and dependency). Functional autonomy is considered an important marker to physical fitness, quality of life and elderly health. In this study an attempt made to give occupational therapy intervention focusing on functionality as well as QOL of elderly. Methodology: We prospectively assessed functionality and quality of life using, functional Autonomy-SMAF and Quality of Life-WHOQOL (BREF) questionnaire respectively with implementation of 4 weeks of occupational therapy,. Pre-post intervention, experimental design was chosen on 30 samples having osteoarthritis with age 60 years and above attending the rehabilitation unit of Jamia Hamdard. Subjects with severe neurological and cardiac issues were excluded from the study. Result: Out of 30 subjects, 17 are male and 13 are female. Final data was analysed by independent t test. In functionality, Basic ADL, IADL and Mobility were significant and in quality of life physical, psychological and social domain were significant. Conclusion: The finding of the study suggests that it is possible with association with conventional therapy occupational therapy intervention and ergonomically advice to decrease the musculoskeletal disorder, and improve functional autonomy as well as quality of life. The intervention is simple to administer which can to easily follow by the elderly population at home.