OLD AGE
The first thing that we are going to do before entering fully into the analysis of the word old age is to determine its etymological origin. Investigating we discovered that it is found in Latin and more specifically in the word vetus , which can be translated as “old”. Old age is the quality of old (someone of advanced age or something old and that is not new or recent). Old age refers to senescence or senile age . Although there is no exact age at which it can be considered as the beginning of old age, it is often said that a person is old when they exceed 70 years of life . Old age is also linked to the social category known as third age . The members of this group are usually retired (that is, they no longer work and are therefore not part of the economically active population) and, in many cases, have become grandparents . October 1 is when the International Day of the Third Age is celebrated around the world, a state that for centuries has worried and elicited ...