According to the Collins dictionary, the term "elderly" is associated with people who are quite old or have passed middle age. In the Caribbean, the defining age is mostly linked to 60 years and above. However, the variation in age takes into account differences in social class, gender, functional skills related to the workforce, the political and economic situation of the country, as well as retirement age. This report covers the elderly population of a corporate home in the Kingston and St. Andrew region and the National Council for the Elderly in Jamaica. Erickson's stages of psychosocial development have two particular stages that relate to the elderly population. In the seventh stage of psychosocial development, the task to be completed in adulthood between the ages of 25 and 65 is generativity versus stagnation. If the older person carries out the task of generativity positively, the results are creativity, productivity and concern for others. However, if the task was unsuccessful, stagnation will lead the individual to become self-indulgent, self-interested, and display a lack of interests and commitments. In the eighth and final stage, from age 65 until death, the task involves integrity versus despair. If the task is completed successfully, the individual will become more accepting of the value and uniqueness of their life (integrity). Otherwise, you feel a sense of loss and contempt for others (despair). As a social worker working with the elderly, a care plan is usually followed in an attempt to assist the client population due to the health issues that are largely associated with this client group, and also the inability to take care of oneself along with unavailability or...... half of the document ......ww.globalaging.org/elderrights/world/2010/active-ageing.pdfCollins Dictionaries. (2013). Definitions of the elderly. Retrieved from: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/elderly Do Good Jamaica. (2011). National Council for the Elderly. Retrieved from: http://www.dogoodjamaica.org/organizations/national_council_for_senior_citizens Department of Labor and Social Security. (2006). Elderly people. Retrieved from: http://www.mlss.gov.jm/pub/index.php?artid=29 The corporate headquarters on St. Joseph's Avenue. (nd) Corporate Headquarters Overview.Thuganamix. (2009, March 10). 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/