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The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the global population in radical ways. In many countries, elderly people are facing the most threats and challenges at this time. The corona virus pandemic has strained all of us to stay study and work at home. The elderly are more prone to the viral infection, complication and mortality due to the virus which restricted them to be within their houses. Nevertheless, with nothing to do older people are likely to feel more stressed, lonely and affect their health as well. This study focuses on the impact of preventive measures taken by Government like lockdown, curfew and social isolation on elderly population the specific objectives of the study are to find out the effect of lockdown/Social isolation on the physical aspects of elderly during COVID-19, to find out the effect of lockdown/Social isolation on the Psychological health of elderly during COVID-19, to examine the effect of lockdown/Social isolation on the Social relationship of elderly during COVID-19 and to find out the impact of lockdown/Social isolation on the family relations of elderly during COVID-19. Descriptive research design is used in this study. The universe of this study consists of senior citizens of Kochi city. From the source list of elderly collected from Kochi Corporation, representatives of sample of 100 respondents were taken at random and thus simple random sampling is used in the study. Data was collected through online using Google form.