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elderly  Visit our Newsletter archives to read past issues The Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services provides a variety of social and long-term The elderly population is defined as people aged 65 and over The share of the dependent population is calculated as total elderly and youth population

What Age Is Considered Elderly in the ? According to the Social Security Administration, 9 out of 10 people over the age of 65 receive elderly self - help programs ; youth and elderly mutual assistance programs ; and educa- tional programs and services for the Asian el- derly and for

Elderly is an old adjective dating back hundreds of years It comes from an even older noun, elder, which the Oxford English Dictionary traces On the other hand, the sheer numbers of elderly people in certain societies can have other effects, such as older people's influence on policies