We hate it when the media announces, “elderly lady hit by car”……..and then the rest of the article says “65 year old Gert Goodknees, riding her bike on I75, was struck…..” I think we should start a petition to ban the term elderly! So who defined ELDERLY? That term, defined as ‘past one’s prime’, ‘long in the tooth’ (are we wolves?!), or ‘aged’ /‘aging’ is an anachronism today. We are all ‘aging’ including those ‘aging’ out of diapers! Joan Rivers was working and living the high life well into her 80’s. And, we personally know a 93 year old gal who still loves to sail, a 75 year old guy who bikes for miles daily, an almost 86 year old young chic who runs sailboat races and, in her spare time, works as a volunteer scientific expert at Fairchild Butterfly House. And, we play tennis and golf with and two late 70 year olds. It is a new and exciting world out there for all of us! The older population is soaring! In numbers and ability! Ban the term ELDERLY!