Caring For Older People. Explain why there are difficulties defining the term older perso

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Caring For Older People

P1 - Describe the meaning of the term 'older people'

M1 - Explain why there are difficulties defining the term 'older person'.

So what is an older person? Someone in their 60s? 70s? 80s? or even 90s? From researching on the internet I have come to find that it's not really that easy to find a definition of what an 'older person' is. What I do know is that there are certain physical marks on an individual that makes you think that they are an 'old person', for example, toothlessness, balding or grey hair, hunched back, lameness, deafness. Old people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease, syndromes, and sickness than other adults.

Most developed world countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as a definition of 'elderly' or older person. While this definition is somewhat arbitrary, it is many times associated with the age at which one can begin to receive pension benefits. Although there are commonly used definitions of old age, there is no general agreement on the age at which a person becomes old.

From my own experience there are many types