Elderly people

Elderly people

What does the word elderly mean? Learn about what the term means and how people of different ages can be categorized.

older people can be difficult to define as different people age in different ways. According to the WHO, however, you can divide older people into two different categories. The first of these categories is 'younger older people', which are then people aged 65-79 years. The other is then 'older older people' and are people who are 80 years and older.

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