Mind your language when discussing age

Margaret Jennings says the words we use to describe older people often focusses on their frailty, yet most over-65s live independent lives

WHEN is the last time that you laughed and said ‘oh, senior moment!’ when you had a lapse in memory? And what were you feeling at the time?

Now stop and think about how you feel when you are bunched into a group called ‘the elderly’ or are called an ‘old age pensioner’, although you might feel years’ younger inside?