After the age of 64, a person who might otherwise be considered a dependent adult is afforded other rights and protections as a senior citizen or elder.

California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 15610.23 defines a dependent adult as -

It has already been pointed out that the children grow into dependent adults so the tress and pressure is unrelenting.

A person providing care to a dependent adult of the opposite gender may be secluded with that individual for the purpose of caregiving.

"Between them they have 12 dependent children, 12 dependent adults," Stanley said yesterday.

Early psychologists said that mothers who responded warmly to a baby's cries would produce excessively dependent adults, unable to function in American society.

Ending or cutting back these programs will simply create a new class of dependent adults in 10 years.

The women giggled at the awkward experience of being a dependent adult.

As one of the reports reveals, over 20 million Europeans, mostly women, have limited access to the labour market because they care for dependent adults.

At this time, the hospital was categorised as a state asylum for dependent adults' with infirmity or illness of 'incurable character'.