According to the Collins Dictionary, the term "elderly" is associated with people who are quite old or past middle age. In the Caribbean, the definition age is mainly linked to 60 years and over. However, the variation by age takes into account differences in social class, gender, functional abilities linked to the labor market, the political and economic situation of the country, as well as retirement age. This report is based on the elderly population of a corporate home in the Kingston and St. Andrew region and the National Council of Older Persons of Jamaica. Erickson's stages of psychosocial development have two particular stages that refer to the older population. At the seventh stage of psychosocial development, the task facing adulthood between the ages of 25 and 65 is generativity versus stagnation. If the older person performs the task of generativity positively, the results are creativity, productivity and concern for others. However, if the task is not successful, then stagnation will result in the individual becoming complacent, self-conscious, and showing a lack of interest and commitment. In the eighth and final stage, from age 65 until death, the task includes integrity versus despair. If the task is completed successfully, the individual will become more accepting of the value and uniqueness of his or her own life (integrity). Otherwise, there is a feeling of loss and contempt for others (despair). As a social worker working with older adults, a care plan is typically followed in an effort to assist the clientele due to the health issues that are widely associated with this client group, as well as the inability to take self-care associated with unavailability o...... middle of document ......ww.globalaging.org/elderrights/world/2010/active-ageing.pdfCollins Dictionaries. (2013). Definitions of elderly people. Retrieved from: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/elderly Do Good Jamaica. (2011). National Council of Older Persons. Retrieved from: http://www.dogoodjamaica.org/organizations/national_council_for_senior_citizens Ministry of Labor and Social Security. (2006). Elderly people. Retrieved from: http://www.mlss.gov.jm/pub/index.php?artid=29 The Corporate Home on St. Joseph's Avenue. (nd) Home.Thuganamix Company Overview. (March 10, 2009). Theories of human growth and development. Retrieved from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13135339/Human-Growth-and-Development-Theories World Health Organization. (2013). Definition of elderly or elderly person. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/survey/ageingdefnolder/en/