Concept in Definition ABC

The term elder is used to refer to that person who is within the parameters of what is called third age or population of older people.
Then, among the characteristics that define this type of population are: an age that will range between 65 and 70 years and up, because it is worth noting that as a consequence of the improvements that have been achieved over the years and centuries in terms of quality of life, the age gap that began with 30 years of age and in the presentAs we said, it already exceeds 70, 80, 90 and in some paradigmatic and most enviable cases, 100.

And on the other hand, another question that characterizes this type of population and that is undoubtedly also taken as a parameter to define them in this stage, is the subject of the retirement or withdrawal from activity laborfor having already crossed the barrier of years stipulated by the state in question and that determines until when a person is considered active and from when it is then that they must receive the economic contribution from the state to live, in return, for all the years that the person worked and also contributed for when he reached retirement age to be able to live comfortably.

Although clearly and very unfortunately, in some parts of the world, especially those less developed, this question still remains a Utopia as a consequence of the meager and poor contributions paid by the state in terms of pensions to an elderly person.

While, geriatrics is the discipline scientist who is in charge of studying the aspects related to the prevention, cure and rehabilitation of the most common diseases and problems that affect the elderly and in which we can also find the keys so that durability and quality life of the elderly can be further intensified.