Preposition: on

• basis: She supported the Sutherland report on care for the elderly on the basis of universality.

Modifies a noun

• lady: An elderly lady holds her family in her hands.

• resident: An elderly resident of Edinburgh recently reported being bitten by a fox in her garden.

• relative: Talk to elderly relatives who may have memories of the person you are trying to find.

• patient: There might well be fewer confused elderly patients around, with a positive effect on general levels of health.

• aunt: For example this could be an elderly aunt or grandparent who lives in the household.

Modifying Another Word

• mainly: Inside are groups of individuals, mainly men, mainly elderly, excited about the races.

• mostly: The clients are mostly elderly with sight or mobility problems.

• increasingly: And she warned that the increasingly elderly population meant the number of cases could grow.

• rather: In the year 1931 I believe that the " active " membership of the Church was around 7 ladies in the rather elderly bracket.

• very: Tho now very elderly, some of them are still alive.

• fairly: It is a great instrument, but it is fairly elderly and has not been properly restored or refurbished for almost forty years.

Used with adjective complement

• institutionalize: Actual fluid intake in the institutionalized elderly was compared with three established standards to determine adequacy of fluid intake.

Preposition: in

• area: Cases of amounts of money discovered on someone's body when its prepared for burial were numerous among the elderly in the rural areas.

• study: The number of CMHN's who worked with the elderly in the present study were 66 ( 34 per cent ).

Preposition: of

• area: This has meant that the disabled and elderly of the area who cannot gain access have to travel to Halifax for treatment.