Elderly is 55 and above
Ask this of a 10 year old child, a sixteen year old girl, a twenty four year old male and a thirty nine woman and you will get a different answer from each. It is all in one's perspective. According to the World Health organization, most of the world's developed countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as an arbitrary definition of 'elderly' or older person. In the world's poorer countries like Africa and say, Haiti for example, this does not adapt well and would be set lower chronologically. Elderly is often associated with the age at which one can begin to receive pension benefits. At the moment, there is no United Nations standard numerical criterion, but the United Nations has agreed the cutoff is 60+ years to refer to the older population.
Yes.
Gerontophobia - fear of old people.
The word for "fear of the elderly " is Gerontophobia. The word for "fear of the elderly " is Gerontophobia.
Nothing really. Elderly is a polite way to say an old person i.e a 70year old. Old is slightly ruder and is also used to describe objects rather than people.
Homeless people can be any and every age, from infants to the elderly.
Seniors, elderly individuals, older adults, or seniors citizens.
"Elderly" typically refers to people who are advanced in age, usually around 65 years old and older. This term is often used to describe individuals in the later stages of life.
It is extremely rare in the elderly, since the disease is normally detected at a very young age. But it has happened to an elderly women of 74.
In our back's we have intervertebral discs. As people age these discs get smaller. So in a sense, yes, one can say that elderly people shrink.
Elderly doesn't means that you have aged. Its just that you are senior to someone or elder to some one.
Being elderly is subjective. In many countries people of a certain age collect a pension though the age varies according to the country. Even in such cases not all would be considered elderly. Someone in their teens may consider a 40 year old elderly, whilst someone in their 40s may consider someone in their 60s elderly.
well zero because there are no old people in the UK