Old age  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 19:47, 26 December 2013
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff
Revision as of 19:49, 26 December 2013
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

Next diff →
Line 1: Line 1:
 +[[Image:Ill-Matched Lovers (Quentin Matsys).jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[Ill-Matched Lovers (Quentin Matsys)|Ill-Matched Lovers]]'' (c. 1520/1525) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]]
[[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' ([[1525]]-[[1530|30]]) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]] [[Image:Matsys Ugly Duchess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Ugly Duchess]]'' ([[1525]]-[[1530|30]]) by [[Quentin Matsys]]]]
{{Template}} {{Template}}
-:''[[old man]], [[old woman]]'' 
'''Old age''' consists of ages nearing or surpassing the [[average life span]] of [[human being]]s, and thus the end of the human [[biological life cycle|life cycle]]. [[Euphemism]]s and terms for old people include '''seniors''' — chiefly an American usage — or '''elderly'''. As occurs with almost any definable group of humanity, some people will hold a prejudice against others — in this case, against old people. This is one form of [[ageism]]. '''Old age''' consists of ages nearing or surpassing the [[average life span]] of [[human being]]s, and thus the end of the human [[biological life cycle|life cycle]]. [[Euphemism]]s and terms for old people include '''seniors''' — chiefly an American usage — or '''elderly'''. As occurs with almost any definable group of humanity, some people will hold a prejudice against others — in this case, against old people. This is one form of [[ageism]].
Line 13: Line 13:
*[[Geriatric care management]] *[[Geriatric care management]]
*[[Gerontology]] *[[Gerontology]]
 +*[[Old man]]
 +*[[Old woman]]
*[[Oldest people]] *[[Oldest people]]
*[[Pensioner]] *[[Pensioner]]
Line 18: Line 20:
*[[Silver Alert]] *[[Silver Alert]]
*[[Supercentenarian]] *[[Supercentenarian]]
 +*[[Wise old man]]
 +*[[Wise old woman]]
{{GFDL}} {{GFDL}}

Revision as of 19:49, 26 December 2013

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for old people include seniors — chiefly an American usage — or elderly. As occurs with almost any definable group of humanity, some people will hold a prejudice against others — in this case, against old people. This is one form of ageism.

Old people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease, syndromes, and sickness than other adults. For the biology of ageing, see senescence. The medical study of the aging process is gerontology, and the study of diseases that afflict the elderly is geriatrics.

See also




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Old age" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools