Background:One of the indicators of older people’s poor oral health is dental caries. Older people’s dental caries affects quality of life which consists of physical, functional, social, and emotional welfare throughout each individual’s life. Aim of the research: To find out the correlation between dental caries status and older people’s quality of life in Budi Luhur Bantul Nursing Home. Research Method: This research is observational analytical research using cross sectional design. The respondents of this research consisted of 69 samples as the research subjects who are older people in Budi Luhur Nursing Home Bantul. The status of dental caries was measured using DMF - T index (WHO), while the effect on quality of life was measured using GOHAI (WHO). The data analysis used Spearman’s correlation analysis. Research result: Based on Spearman’s analysis, the p value is 0.049 (p<0.05) with (r) value of 0.238 so there is a significant correlation between dental caries status and quality of life (Oral Health Related Quality of Life). Mean value of DMF-T is 12.8 (very high) and GOHAI is 43.7% (worse) Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between dental caries status and quality of life (Oral Health Related Quality of Life) on older people in Budi Luhur Nursing Home Bantul, which the higher the dental caries status, the worse the quality of life. Respondents dental caries status is very high and their quality of life (GOHAI) is worse.