Old people can be used as honorifics for old people, parents and friends. It can also be used as a polite address for elders, and the elderly call themselves. Article 2 of China's Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly stipulates that the age starting point for the elderly is 60 years old. That is, all China people and citizens who have reached the age of 60 belong to the elderly.
Extended data:
I. Characteristics of the elderly
Physiologically, people who enter old age will show the characteristics of slow metabolism, decreased resistance and decreased physiological function. The graying of hair, eyebrows and beard is also one of the most obvious characteristics of the elderly. Some elderly people will have symptoms of senile plaque, and occasionally memory loss will occur.
Second, the title of the elderly
1, 60 years old: the year of listening, the year of spending.
2, seventy years old: from the heart of the year, seventy years old.
3, 80 years old: the year of the DPRK, the year of eighty.
4, 90 years old: the year of injury.
5. 100 years old: Yi.