Introduction: At present many researches are being developed about aging and the decline of long term memory. Such changes are more frequent when they are compared to other areas of cognition. Objective: To describe the performance of 15 old ladies without comorbidities in neuropsychological tests which evaluate long term memory (episodic, with immediate recall) for a verbal and visual-spatial material. Method: A neuropsychological evaluation was carried out among 15 old ladies from a healthy community in São Paulo. They were 65 or older, with no previous history of psychotic disturbance, schizophrenia, neurodegenerative condition, institutionalization or neurologic treatment for cognitive alterations. The HVLT-R e BVMT-R tests were used to evaluate long term memory. Results: It was noted that the decline of memory gets more severe along the years, mainly with long term explicit memory. Conclusion: The deterioration of memory becomes more relevant when a visual-spatial content is involved when compared to verbal contents