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K.S. Chew, MD, MMEDSenior Lecturer/Emergency Medicine Physician,School of Medical Sciences,Universiti Sains Malaysia
 
DEFINITION OF ELDERLY
“60 years and over”
- United Nations World Assembly on Ageing, Vienna, 1982 
“Young old” - 55-75 years old“Old old” - >75 years old
 
DEFINITION OF HEALTH
Health is defined as:“the state of complete physical, mentaland social well-being”
(World Health Organization,1995)
“Absence of disease”
- Sidell, M. (1995) Health in Old Age:Myth, Mystery and Management,Buckingham: Open University Press.
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