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Health is wealth. To keep body in good health is a dutyotherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong & clear. So health is something that should be taken into serious consideration and also it become one of most concerned issues of any human being . A human life is divided into five main stages namely infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthoodand old age. In each of these stages an individual find himself in different situations and face difficult problems. The old age is not without any problems. In elderly people, the physical strength deteriorates, mental stability diminishes money power becomes break coupled with negligence from younger generation. Ageing is natural process. Due to improved health care services there is decreased infertility and mortality and these leads to increased geriatric population both in developed as well as developing countries. India's population is likely to increase by 60% between 2000 and 2050 but the number of elders, who attained 60 years of age, will shot up by 360 percentages. India has around 100 million elderly at present and number is expected to increase 323 million, constituting 20% of total population by 2050.Nearly 5-7% of elderly patients who are attending primary care have a primary complaint of sleeping problems. The active elderly person who suddenly losses energy and they become easily to prone sleep disturbance. The number of persons above the age of 60 years is fast growing especially in India. India is second most popular country in world has 76.6 million people at over age of 60 year. bPre experimental design [non-randomized control group] i.e. "one group pre-test, post-test research design" was used for assessing the effectiveness of hot water footbath therapy on the quality of sleep among elderly, staying in old age home The reliability of the tool was calculated using Karl Pearson methods. The tool was found to be reliable (r=0.8) for data collection. The data was collected after taking formal approval from principal Vapi Purpose of the study was explained to the group and confidentiality was assured. The data collected was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, mean, standard deviation, and associated by chi square test. The findings related to effectiveness of hot water footbath therapy on the quality of sleep among elderly The post-test score (13.5), SD (1.8) is higher than the pretest mean score is (7.8), SD(1.6) and t value = 7.5 obtained, which is highly significant at P=0.05 calculated value is greater than the table value, hence the H0 hypothesis is rejected and H1 alternative hypothesis is accepted.