Introduction: With an increasing population ageing and by
the changing context of the world, elderly has been pushed
into various psychosocial problems but lack sufficient
policies and programmes to deal with the problems. The
study aimed to compare the coping strategies adopted by
the institutionalised and home living elderly of Kathmandu,
Nepal, determine its relationship with their selected sociodemographic
variables, and determine the correlation
between coping strategies and psychosocial problems.
Materials and Methods: The correlational comparative
study was carried out in 2013 among 132 old aged people
of 60 years and/above living in old age homes and home
settings in Kathmandu by using pre-tested structured
interview schedule. Data were analysed by using both
descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 19.