Geriatric – relating to old people, especially their health

Geriatric means relating to old people, especially their health and wellbeing.

The jerry can acts like it (geriatric) is an old person.

Examples of geriatric in a sentence

The council was criticised for failing to provide adequate geriatric care in the community.

The elderly lady who broke her hip was recovering in the hospital's geriatric unit.

I may be getting older, but I'm not a geriatric yet!