With advancing age, the body tends to slow down and becomes less efficient and elderly people are prone to a few age-related health issues. The present study was undertaken to assess psycho-physical health status of elderly women residing in a hospice in Pondicherry. After an introductory orientation program, thirty women with mean age 68.67 ± 7.83 yrs, agreed to be subjects and after obtaining informed consent, various parameters was recorded. Selected cardiovascular variables such as heart rate (HR), systolic pressure (SP) and diastolic pressure (DP) and respiratory rate (RR) were measured. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were done using spirometer and reaction time (RT) measured using RT apparatus. Select psychological variables including depression, anxiety and self-esteem were assessed using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale respectively. We found HR, SP, DP values were as expected for age and gender and our subjects performed better on PFT and RT as compared to earlier studies in similar groups. However our subjects had lower psychological health status with increased depression, anxiety and lower selfesteem. This may be due to being in hospice away from family who either do not want them or are not there at all. Though physical health status seems satisfactory for age, this finding of inadequate psychological health function may be first evidence of worsening physical health in future. We suggest that older people must be acknowledged as integral members of society and provided opportunities to enjoy good quality of life and easy access to health services. There is great scope for incorporation of traditional health practices such as Yoga and other CAM modalities.