The elderly's adaptation to the situation of coronavirus pandemic is described in the paper from the standpoint of a holistic approach. This includes the interaction between the elderly person, the social environment in which he/she is included in one form or another, and the regulators of this interaction. The purpose of the research was to identify the degree of main actors' readiness to achieve the required balance of an elderly person's interests in self-preservation and the requirements of the coronavirus environment In Saint-Petersburg. The typology of the elderly according to their adaptation to the conditions of the pandemic is presented. It was found that a significant part of the elderly did not sufficiently adapt to the conditions of self-preservation, therefore, technologies for teaching the elderly to rational behavior, optimization of the social and city environment, and improvement of their regulators are needed.