Introduction: Aging may best be defined as the survival of growing number of people who have completed the traditional adult roles of making a living and child bearing. Depression is common in the older adults and is a major public health problem. Reminiscence therapy considered an alternative intervention for treating depression in older adults. Objectives: To assess the level of depression among older adults in selected old age home. To determine the effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on the level of depression among older adults. To associate the level of depression among older adults with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: The research approach was used Experimental approach and design was one group Pre-test and Post-test design. Purposive sampling technique was used. Results: The findings of the study revealed that among 30 older adults in pre-test level of depression among older adults, 3(10%) had mild depression, 19(63.3%) had moderate depression and 8(26.7%) had severe depression. The post-test revealed that majority 19(63.3%) expressed mild depression, 9(30%) expressed moderate depression and 2(6.7%) expressed severe depression. It represents that reminiscence therapy sessions reduced the level of depression of older adults. Conclusion: The effectiveness of reminiscence therapy on depression among older adults using paired "t" test shows 7.4 significance at the level of p <0.01. Finally, it was concluded that reminiscence therapy sessions are effective in reducing the level of depression among older adults.

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