I hate the word elderly. To me, it seems to mean feeble, forgetful, and frumpy. Newscasters seem to use it when they want to separate older people from the rest of the population—usually when something stupid has happened: “Elderly man plows through Starbucks storefront window.” The elderly man was 55. Television doesn't help. I recently saw a show featuring a group of women who looked like grandmothers from the 1940s—house dresses, old-fashioned hats, and crackling voices—hu