The Oxford Dictionary (2002) defines elderly as 'past middle age', and the term middle aged is described as 'the time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60', (Dictonary.com, 2005). From these definitions, an elderly person is someone who is over the age of 60. This age group accounts for around 2.5 million people, which is over 12.8% of Australia's population. (Photius Coutsoukis, 2004) This essay will outline the majority of problems that the elderly have and will describe how I working as a police officer would overcome these barriers b…
