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When speaking of elderly people, we can use the following phrases:

Older people, elderly people, senior citizens
People in their 60s, 70s or 80s.

Not 'aged' people.

For example:

I saw an elderly man on the street.

He's an older man, not so young.

We are getting older.

This class has a lot of older students.

Not:

There are more and more aged people

He is an aged man.

It is possible to say:

He is my senior (meaning 'he is older than me', not 'from a higher grade in my school')

They are seniors (meaning they are senior citizens.)

Note:

'elderly' is more polite than 'old'.

Use 'older' in a comparative phrase is better than just 'old'.
For example:
He is an older gentleman, which is more polite than 'he is an old gentleman'.

Sometimes to be more polite, we can even use the word 'mature'.

This class is full of mature women.

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