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elderly

adjective as in in old age

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Communications watchdog Ofcom fined the telecoms giant after ruling it failed to protect vulnerable users of the devices, typically elderly and disabled people, during the transition from analogue to digital.

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At least five people were taken to the hospital Sunday night after a car collided with an ambulance that was transporting an elderly patient in the San Fernando Valley.

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I’ve been helping to care for my elderly parents for six years.

Gillian Haycock, 52, had to evacuate elderly residents when the floods hit an apartment complex for people over 60 that she and her husband are managing.

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After two fruitless visits to the station, the couple went to the Prince of Wales Hospital on Friday only to learn that no public hospital had admitted the elderly woman.

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