Aging is the stage of life. During the old age stage of life elderly people goes under many biological, physiological, psychological changes. Adjusting with those changes can become hard for some people. During the adjustment with this aging people may face lot of problems. During this period people need support from their family members, friends and society. If elderly people is having proper support they can easily adjust with that stage. If families are there for their support, then it becomes easier. Family members can help elderly people to stay positive during the changes of life. Aim of the study: To assess the emotional problems of elderly people and to compare the emotional problems of elderly people residing in old age home and residing along with families. Material and content: An comparative research study design is adopted to conduct research study. 5o elderly people from old age home and 50 from families were selected to conduct study. 15 emotional problems were selected for assessment i.e., sadness, fear, insecurity, frustration, anger, loneliness, anxiety, stress, negligence, lack of social support, conflict, depression, guilt, suspiciousness, and negativism. Structured questions were prepared to assess these emotional problems. Result: Findings of the study show that there is significant difference in emotional problems in elderly people residing in old age home and elderly people residing with families. That is elderly people residing in old age home are having more emotional problems than elderly people who reside along with families. Elderly people residing in old age home are facing anxiety in majority i.e., 42% and in minority they are having suspiciousness i.e., 8% Conclusion: The study concluded that the structured questionnaires were effective in assessment of emotional problems among elderly people. From the findings of above study, it can be concluded that living with family can become helpful to reduce the emotional problems of elderly people.