chronological age

HERE’S WHY THE 60+ DO NOT LIKE TO BE REFERRED TO AS ‘THE ELDERLY’

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The UN refers to people aged 60 and above as Older Persons. World Health Organisation uses the term ‘older people’. Are these terms of reference preferable to ‘senior citizens’ or ‘the elderly’? What is your opinion? When I started this blog in May 2008, I had dozens of names in mind for the blog. Unfortunately […]

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TIME FOR NEW LABELS FOR THE NEW ‘OLD’

Leave a Comment / Adnan Osman, chronological age, Dato Dr Khairuddin Yusof, physiological age, the new old, the young old /

My article in The Star It is always a pleasant surprise whenever I see my article or letter in the newspapers. This one was sent to The Star in October 2012 but it was published in the weekly Seniors column only recently on 20 March. The Star changed the original title to “The World At

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