Juanita, who is 85, drives every morning to baby-sit her great-granddaughter, allowing her granddaughter, Evelyn, to work full-time

Juanita's neighbor, Sandra, is 65 and suffering from dementia so her children are preparing to put her in a nursing home. Both Juanita and Sandra are examples that
(a) people have functional ages and society should steer away from chronological age categories.
(b) diseases increasingly impact the elderly after the age of 65.
(c) after the age of 65, an individual is considered "old" regardless of his or her physical abilities.
(d) the elderly are cared for by their children.


(a)

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