OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the factors affecting the quality of life for people aged above 65. METHODS: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted among people aged above 65 by using non-random sampling. The exclusion criteria involved a disease causing significant disability. The question groups of the self-edited questionnaire were the following: socio-demographic data, the presence of chronic diseases, and social support. Validated questionnaires were used, such as Older People Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL-35), EQ-5D, Geriatric Depression Screening Scale, WHOQOL-OLD questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, χ-test, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney test were used with 95% probability level (p<0.05). SPSS version 22.0 program was applied for data analysis. RESULTS: According to GDS, 22.7% of the persons suffer from mild and 10% of them have severe depression. Among them, significantly more people live on their own (60.0%; p=0.027). EQ-5D score: 0.773. Values of people with primary school education (p=0.029) and singles (p=0.011) were significantly lower. Dimension related to death and dying of WHOQOL-OLD showed the lowest value. By raising the scores of perceptual skills (r=0.187, p=0.022), autonomy (r=0.360; p<0.001), and social participation (r=0.406; p<0.001) the health status index also increased. By raising the scores of social participation, those of autonomy also increased (r=0.727, p<0.001). According to OPQOL-35, the quality of life is significantly worse of women (p=0.024), people with only primary education (p=0.043), singles (p<0.001), and persons suffering from severe depression (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: According to the findings, quality of life of the elderly is determined by social participation and the existence of a family. Particular attention should be drawn on revealing depression and its treatment, support of autonomy and social participation for especially singles, women, and people with only primary education.