in the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Lots of contenders, none of which, as Nappi observes, really make the grade. She quotes Jack Rosenthal and I think he's right: "My best guess, and it’s not very poetic, is that we’ll talk about the ‘young-old’ – those 65 to 80. The ‘old-old’ will be 80 to 90. The ‘oldest-old’ will be 90 to 99. The centenarians, of course, would be over 100."
I've taken to using "olders" when speaking more generally about the older members of an aging population.
in the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Lots of contenders, none of which, as Nappi observes, really make the grade. She quotes Jack Rosenthal and I think he's right: "My best guess, and it’s not very poetic, is that we’ll talk about the ‘young-old’ – those 65 to 80. The ‘old-old’ will be 80 to 90. The ‘oldest-old’ will be 90 to 99. The centenarians, of course, would be over 100."