How old is someone at 67?

[Anonymous]

Are you considered "elderly?"

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

It depends on many factors, but not really. You aren’t “young” but you aren’t what people think of as “elderly”. With advances in health care and societal changes, elderly seems to set in closer to 75. Of course, for any one person it may be different.

[Anonymous]

Elderly depends on how fit and health you are. If at 67 you're lean and running every day, you're not elderly, if you're shaped like a barrel, having trouble breathing and likely to die soon, you are elderly.

[Anonymous]

67

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:67

That's right. And the life you've led up to then determines how good or bad it is for you. Excepting accidents and uncontrolable health issues, of course.

[Anonymous]

It’s hard to know. I have one relative who I consider elderly at 74. She’s seemed elderly for almost 20 years now with her health and behavior.

I have another who’s 75 who’s fit and active and doesn’t fit the idea of elderly at all.

[Anonymous]

This is not dying age in 2022. There had to be something going on — an aneurysm; severe heart disease; undetected high blood pressure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not dying age in 2022. There had to be something going on — an aneurysm; severe heart disease; undetected high blood pressure.

Or cocaine or heroin

[Anonymous]

My mom is 68 and she is really living her life (hiking, traveling, learning how to use various apps like tik-tok). Her strive for living well after retirement has even influenced my dad (74 and still working) to go out and do things every weekend. She had a hard life growing up and worked very laborious jobs throughout her life. However, she did not let that get her down and it almost feels like she had a rebirth at 60. I would not call her elderly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is 68 and she is really living her life (hiking, traveling, learning how to use various apps like tik-tok). Her strive for living well after retirement has even influenced my dad (74 and still working) to go out and do things every weekend. She had a hard life growing up and worked very laborious jobs throughout her life. However, she did not let that get her down and it almost feels like she had a rebirth at 60. I would not call her elderly.

Delightful. Best wishes to her!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to know. I have one relative who I consider elderly at 74. She’s seemed elderly for almost 20 years now with her health and behavior.

I have another who’s 75 who’s fit and active and doesn’t fit the idea of elderly at all.

Same. My MIL is turning 80 in a few months and she's in much better health than my parents who just turned 68.

[Anonymous]

Not quite old enough to run for President or Congress.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the person. My mother got her first(!) passport started traveling internationally around that age. My dad was VERY spry at 67.

[Anonymous]

Retiree

To me, “elderly” means 75+ and a degree of frailty.