“We are a ministry that responsibly enhances the lives of older adults with Christ-like love.” The term older adult along with 55 and better, 55+, retiree, elder or baby boomer tend to be the most acceptable or the most politically correct terms in use at the moment.
Of course, calling someone old is generally not considered polite, because the word, accurate though it might be, is frequently considered pejorative.
The standard terms found in medical journals are “older adults” or “elderly.” When it comes to mass media, however, “elderly” is out, invoking images of frailty, physical decline and long-term care. That's so if you're referring to the entire demographic, and all the more so if you're referring to an individual.
A person between 40 and 49 is called a quadragenarian. A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian. A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian. A person between 70 and 79 is called a septuagenarian.
Australia's older generation (those aged 65 and over) continues to grow in number and as a share of the population. The ageing of the population creates both pressures and opportunities for Australia's health and welfare sectors.
According to Wikipedia, terms and euphemisms for old people include “old people”(worldwide usage), “seniors” (American usage), “senior citizens” (British and American usage), “older adults” (in the social sciences), “the elderly” and “elders” (in many cultures including the cultures of aboriginal people).
a person who is between 70 and 79 years old is a septuagenarian. a person who is between 80 and 89 years old is an octogenarian. a person who is between 90 and 99 years old is a nonagenarian.
Nonagenarian: Someone in his or her nineties. Centenarian: Someone 100 or more. Supercentenarian: Someone 110 years old or more (no upper limit).
Ageing, an inevitable process, is commonly measured by chronological age and, as a convention, a person aged 65 years or more is often referred to as 'elderly'.
middle age, period of human adulthood that immediately precedes the onset of old age. Though the age period that defines middle age is somewhat arbitrary, differing greatly from person to person, it is generally defined as being between the ages of 40 and 60.
According to the United States Social Security Administration, anyone age 65 or older is elderly.
When are we considered old? For women, the old age threshold is about 73; for men, 70.
Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. The exact range is disputed, but the general consensus has placed middle age as the ages of 40s (more specifically from about 45) to 60s (to about 64, normally "third age" starts at 65).
: a person who is between 60 and 69 years old.
If the age between 30 and 39 is called thirties, 20 and 29 is called twenties, what is the age between 0 and 9 called? -
New study says decline begins in our 50s
Researchers with Duke University's School of Medicine suggest that physical decline begins in the decade of the 50s and worsens as we age, especially for those who don't exercise.
Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as all adults—7 to 9 hours each night. But, older people tend to go to sleep earlier and get up earlier than they did when they were younger.
The Older Americans Act provides services to people as young as 55 years old. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines an “older adult” as someone who is at least 60 years old.
By many metrics, men in their 30s have a lot going for them and could be considered in their prime. Why? They've usually found a comfortable place in life, often including: A good career or a job they love and have been at for a long time.
Is there a moment in a person's life when they feel most fulfilled, happiest, or in their prime? Again, the most obvious answer to some might be somewhere around 25. But survey data from YouGov suggest that many consider the prime age to actually be 37.
Age does not a man make.
While the law says a boy becomes an adult when he reaches the age of 18, the measurement of manhood is not his age. Nor is it the size of his muscles, or knowledge, or even the amount of hair on specific body parts. I didn't understand what it was to become a man until after I had become one.
Although there are different ways to classify this population, some studies have classified elderly adults between the ages of 65 and 74 years as youngest-old, those between ages 75 and 84 years as middle-old, and those aged over 85 years as oldest-old [5].