Age

Person_one

marisco wrote: »

My guess is that you are elderly when you start to act that way. You dress old. Your health begins to go and you let it affect your outlook on life. Your mind closes to new ideas. So, "Old is as old does" as an elderly Forrest Gump would say.

By that definition some people are elderly at 40 and some never are, even at 101.

themull1

70 years old is elderly to me. Its my mams age.!

rosie-lee

You can officially die from 'old age' at 70.

Any younger, then there has to be another 'cause' of death but at 70 we can die from just plain old age!

Bennifred

rosie-lee wrote: »

You can officially die from 'old age' at 70.

Any younger, then there has to be another 'cause' of death but at 70 we can die from just plain old age!

Well that's something to look forward to, then!

Torry_Quine

If you die before 75 it's considered premature so I'd say 75 is old.

rosie-lee

70 seems young when you think that the government will now have us all working until 67. 3 years from being fit to work to dying of 'old age'. It's a rather sobering thought!

Ilona

At 64 I am middle aged in my mind, but the state calls me a pensioner. I think I will become elderly when I am 80, my uncle is 90 so he is elderly.
Ilona

meritaten

my back is 'elderly', but my mind and attitude is (I hope) young. I think elderly is an 'attitude' and have known many older people who seem eternally young. and many younger people who seem determined to come across as elderly old curmudgeons!

jackyann

For some reason, it's when you "have a fall" instead of "falling over"

DaveTheMus

I speak to some people in their 50's at work and they sound at deaths door......I speak to some people in their 80's and they sound bright, vibrant and sharp...........you're elderly when your unhealthy lifestyle catches up with you......