In common parlance, a pensioner is a person who has retired, and now collects a pension. This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom; someone of pensionable age may also be referred to as an 'old age pensioner', or OAP. In the United States, the term retiree is more common. In many countries, increasing life expectancy has led to an expansion of the numbers of pensioners, and they are a growing political force. Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the measure of remaining life. ...

Organised Political Parties

• Gil - the Israeli Pensioners' Party
• Pensioners' Party in Northern Italy
• Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
• Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party
• Norwegian Pensioners Party
• Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
• Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów
• Pensioners and Seniors Party in Latvia

Gil (Hebrew: גיל) is a political party in Israel and part of the governing coalition in the seventeenth Knesset. ... The Pensioners Party of Italy (Italian: Partito Pensionati) is led by Carlo Fatuzzo. ... The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) were formed in February 2003, in time to contest that years elections to the Scottish Parliament. ... The Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges Pensionärers Intresseparti) is a political party in Sweden. ... The Pensioners Party (Pensjonistpartiet) is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. ... Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Slovenian: Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije or DeSUS) is a Slovenian political party. ...

Other uses

• In the University of Cambridge, a pensioner is a student who is not a scholar or sizar and who pays for his or her tuition and commons. The term commoner may also be applied, especially at the University of Oxford.
• A Political pensioner is a member of a formerly ruling dynasty who is paid a 'pension' (e.g. by the British raj) as a partial compensation for the income lost by not exercising an ancestral claim to a native throne
• A Chelsea Pensioner is a retired British soldier who lives within the Royal Hospital

The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... In the 19th century, a sizar was one of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. ... In England and Wales, a common is a piece of land over which other people -- often neighbouring landowners -- could exercise one of a number of traditional rights, such as allowing their cattle to graze upon it. ... A commoner, in British law, is someone who is neither the Sovereign nor a noble. ... The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... A pension is a steady income paid to a person (usually after retirement). ... Chelsea pensioners in scarlet coats and tricorne hats at the Founders Day parade in the Royal Hospital Chelsea The term Chelsea pensioner is used to refer to an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, that is, a former British soldier who lives within the Royal Hospital. ...

References

• Oxford English Dictionary (Second edition)

See also the collective noun of "A Whinge Of Pensioners"; as in, "A Clowder of Cats" or a "Murder of Crows".

See also

• Reminiscence therapy
• Elderly care

Reminiscence therapy is a relatively low cost therapy usually used to counsel and support older people, and is a useful intervention in work with brain-injured patients. ... Elderly care or simply eldercare is the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens. ...

External links

• University of Cambridge Jargon