“Feisty,” “spry,” “feeble,” “eccentric,” “senile” and “grandmotherly” are unwelcome terms for older adults

Goodbye, Spry Codgers. So Long, Feisty Crones. The International Longevity Center in New York City, along with Aging Services of California, has put together a stylebook to guide media professionals through the minefield of politically correct and politically incorrect ways of identifying and portraying the elderly.