{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:26:12Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 21.9, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094ef-3649-7113-8dd2-9da8cfcb35f7\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"elderly people", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise people classified as older adults in a stated context, understand their circumstances and preferences, and identify appropriate support without treating age as evidence of incapacity.", "definition": "Elderly people, often termed older persons or older adults, are human individuals grouped by later chronological age or socially recognised old age, with boundaries that vary by context and do not imply uniform health, ability or dependence.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the contextual classification and later-life circumstances of elderly people, individually or as a population, within registry entry vr.tr.elderly-people (PHY / PHY.LIV); it does not define a separate taxon or assume a universal age threshold.", "in_scope": [ "Context-specific older-age classification and its evidence", "Individual variation in functional ability, accessibility requirements and support preferences", "Autonomy, consent and participation in decisions affecting later life", "Living arrangements, social connections and access to relevant resources", "Later-life transitions and continuity of chosen support" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Human species taxonomy and general human anatomy", "Diagnosis and treatment protocols for particular diseases", "Detailed pension, insurance and benefit scheme rules", "Care-provider organisations and facility operations", "Population-wide demographic forecasting", "Legal instruments governing capacity, representation and inheritance" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The subject is a living human individual or explicitly defined group classified by older age in a stated context, rather than a species or biological taxon.", "Classification records the applicable age convention and reference date; appearance, retirement or residence in a care facility alone does not establish membership.", "Older-age classification is recorded separately from disability, frailty, illness, dependence and decision-making capacity.", "An individual assessment is distinguished from an aggregate description; group-level patterns do not establish an individual person's abilities or preferences.", "A person's preferred terminology is distinguished from administrative labels such as elderly, older adult or senior." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Chronological age", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Years at a recorded reference date, with precision and evidence status", "why_it_matters": "Allows age-dependent classification without treating an uncertain birth date as exact." }, { "name": "Older-age classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Meets criterion | does not meet criterion | undetermined; include criterion, context and issuing authority", "why_it_matters": "Makes membership interpretable across jurisdictions, services and studies." }, { "name": "Subject level", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Individual | defined population", "why_it_matters": "Prevents aggregate evidence from being represented as an individual assessment." }, { "name": "Preferred age-related terminology", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Person-stated term | no preference | not recorded", "why_it_matters": "Supports respectful communication without imposing the registry label on the person." }, { "name": "Everyday activity performance", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Per activity: performed without assistance | with equipment | with personal assistance | not performed | unknown; include environment and date", "why_it_matters": "Identifies concrete support requirements without deriving dependence from age." }, { "name": "Communication and accessibility preferences", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Person-specific language, format, sensory access, pacing and technology requirements", "why_it_matters": "Makes participation possible before interpreting difficulty communicating as difficulty deciding." }, { "name": "Decision-specific wishes and permissions", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Recorded wishes, consent scope, communication support and review date", "why_it_matters": "Constrains proposed assistance to what the person wants and has authorised." }, { "name": "Support network", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Links to chosen contacts, informal supporters and professional services, with roles and availability", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes nominal contacts from people who can provide agreed support." }, { "name": "Living arrangement", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Alone | with others | supported housing | residential care | other | unknown; include person-reported suitability", "why_it_matters": "Provides context for assistance and access without equating living alone with isolation." }, { "name": "Later-life transition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Person-identified transition, timing, effects and desired support", "why_it_matters": "Helps recognise changing circumstances rather than treating an earlier assessment as permanent." } ], "affordances": [ "Apply an explicitly sourced older-age criterion and explain uncertainty in classification.", "Ask the person about priorities, preferred terminology and acceptable assistance using accessible communication.", "Record task-specific abilities and environmental barriers to identify requested accommodations.", "Match expressed needs to services whose eligibility and availability have been verified.", "Coordinate authorised support and information sharing with the person's chosen contacts.", "Review support after relevant changes and flag unmet needs for an appropriate human response." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Adapt pace, text size and presentation for older users who ask for it.", "Help older people reach services, information and support they request." ], "must_not": [ "Treat older people as incapable or dependent because of their age alone.", "Use urgency, fear or confusion to pressure an older person into payments or decisions.", "Share an older person's health, financial or location data with relatives or others without consent or legal basis.", "Monitor an older person covertly, even at a relative's request." ], "requires_human": [ "Acting on suspected abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of an older person.", "Decisions about a person's capacity, care or living arrangements." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Ageism denies older people respect and fair access to work, health care and services.", "Older people are frequent targets of scams and financial abuse." ], "affected_parties": [ "Older people", "Carers and families", "Care workers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Each older person is their own steward; carers and authorities act only within their legal role.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Scams and financial exploitation that target older people.", "Social isolation and neglect, especially for people living alone.", "Falls and heat or cold stress that are more dangerous in later life." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "United Nations Principles for Older Persons, UN General Assembly." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Older adults are encountered across everyday community life, employment, healthcare and social services.", "Age groupings are used in demographic analysis, service planning and eligibility systems, with boundaries that depend on the stated context.", "Support decisions require attention to individual abilities, circumstances and preferences." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "Appearance cannot reliably establish chronological age or membership in a context-defined older adult category." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2191986: elderly people", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2191986", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Elderly people", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elderly_people", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "older-age-membership", "name": "Older-age membership", "description": "Establishes what older age means for the subject and the intended use.", "rationale": "The registry has no recorded definition, so an agent needs an explicit classification basis rather than an assumed universal cutoff.", "layers": [ { "id": "age-criterion", "name": "Age criterion", "description": "Separates contextual age conventions from evidence about the person's age.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-basis", "name": "Classification basis", "description": "Record the operational criterion, its provenance and the date at which membership is evaluated.", "questions": [ { "text": "What age criterion defines older people for this service, jurisdiction, study or interaction?", "kind": "definition", "id": "classification-basis-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports the person's age and the selected criterion, and where is either uncertain?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "classification-basis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "person-and-population", "name": "Person and population", "description": "Keeps individual identity distinct from demographic grouping.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-boundaries", "name": "Classification boundaries", "description": "Identify the subject level and avoid substituting retirement, illness or care status for older-age membership.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does this record concern one person or a population with explicit inclusion criteria?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "classification-boundaries-q01" }, { "text": "Which labels describe the person's age, and which instead describe employment, health or living arrangements?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "classification-boundaries-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-environment", "name": "Function and environment", "description": "Describes how the person carries out activities that matter to them in their actual surroundings.", "rationale": "Older-age membership alone is insufficient for choosing assistance, equipment or accommodations.", "layers": [ { "id": "everyday-activities", "name": "Everyday activities", "description": "Records activity-specific performance, assistance and personal priorities.", "findings": [ { "id": "activity-specific-support", "name": "Activity-specific support", "description": "Describe activities such as preparing meals, travelling, managing appointments and personal care without assigning a global dependence label.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which everyday activities does the person want to perform, and what assistance or equipment do they currently use for each?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "activity-specific-support-q01" }, { "text": "Which changes to assistance would the person welcome, decline or want to try?", "kind": "action", "id": "activity-specific-support-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "access-and-change", "name": "Access and change", "description": "Separates environmental barriers and changes over time from age-based assumptions.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextual-function", "name": "Contextual function", "description": "Record when and where a difficulty occurs, its evidence and whether it differs from the person's usual experience.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do stairs, transport, lighting, communication formats or digital-only services affect the person's chosen activities?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contextual-function-q01" }, { "text": "What has changed from the person's usual functioning, when was it observed, and by whom?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "contextual-function-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "autonomy-and-respect", "name": "Autonomy and respect", "description": "Makes the person's wishes, communication needs and permissions central to action.", "rationale": "Age-related assumptions can cause an agent to bypass the person or give relatives authority they have not established.", "layers": [ { "id": "supported-participation", "name": "Supported participation", "description": "Establishes how the person wishes to communicate and take part in decisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "person-led-decisions", "name": "Person-led decisions", "description": "Record the person's priorities and the support they want for a particular decision, without inferring incapacity from age.", "questions": [ { "text": "What outcome does the person want from the current decision or proposed support?", "kind": "action", "id": "person-led-decisions-q01" }, { "text": "What language, format, pacing, equipment or chosen supporter would help the person express their decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "person-led-decisions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "permission-and-representation", "name": "Permission and representation", "description": "Separates chosen assistance, information-sharing permission and formally established representative roles.", "findings": [ { "id": "authority-for-involvement", "name": "Authority for involvement", "description": "Specify who may participate or receive information, for what purpose and on what verified basis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Whom has the person authorised to assist or receive information, and what limits apply?", "kind": "action", "id": "authority-for-involvement-q01" }, { "text": "If someone claims authority to decide for the person, what current evidence establishes its scope for this decision?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "authority-for-involvement-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "connections-and-resources", "name": "Connections and resources", "description": "Covers desired social participation, available support and access to later-life resources.", "rationale": "Living arrangements, social preferences and service access must be assessed separately to avoid assuming that an older person is isolated or adequately supported.", "layers": [ { "id": "relationships-and-participation", "name": "Relationships and participation", "description": "Records meaningful connections and roles as described by the person.", "findings": [ { "id": "desired-social-life", "name": "Desired social life", "description": "Distinguish contact frequency from the person's satisfaction, desired privacy and preferred community involvement.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the person describe their current connections and any unwanted loneliness or unwanted contact?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "desired-social-life-q01" }, { "text": "Which relationships, work, learning, caring or community roles do they want help maintaining or changing?", "kind": "action", "id": "desired-social-life-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "practical-access", "name": "Practical access", "description": "Connects expressed needs to usable support while leaving programme rules to their own models.", "findings": [ { "id": "usable-support", "name": "Usable support", "description": "Record whether relevant transport, housing assistance, income support or care services can actually be accessed.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which costs, eligibility conditions, travel requirements or application barriers prevent access to support the person wants?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "usable-support-q01" }, { "text": "What current source verifies the relevant service's eligibility, availability and access route?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "usable-support-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "transitions-and-support-continuity", "name": "Transitions and support continuity", "description": "Tracks changes affecting later-life arrangements and the reliability of agreed support.", "rationale": "Retirement, bereavement, relocation or changes in assistance may require review, but none should be assumed to occur or have the same meaning for everyone.", "layers": [ { "id": "life-transitions", "name": "Life transitions", "description": "Identifies transitions that the person considers relevant and their effects on existing arrangements.", "findings": [ { "id": "transition-led-review", "name": "Transition-led review", "description": "Use actual changes and the person's priorities to determine what needs reassessment.", "questions": [ { "text": "Has retirement, bereavement, relocation, return from hospital or another transition changed the person's priorities or support?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "transition-led-review-q01" }, { "text": "Which existing arrangements does the person want reviewed because of that change?", "kind": "action", "id": "transition-led-review-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "support-gaps-and-concerns", "name": "Support gaps and concerns", "description": "Records interruptions and reported concerns with their evidence and an appropriate response route.", "findings": [ { "id": "agreed-response", "name": "Agreed response", "description": "Identify what happens when essential agreed support is unavailable or the person reports neglect, coercion or exploitation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which essential support is missing, or what concern has been reported, by whom and when?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "agreed-response-q01" }, { "text": "What response reflects the person's wishes and the applicable verified requirements, and who is responsible for carrying it out?", "kind": "action", "id": "agreed-response-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is recall without source consultation; verify exact policy wording and applicable legal provisions before operational use.", "Young-old, old-old and oldest-old are established labels, but their numerical boundaries differ between studies.", "Model this entry as a human age group rather than a taxon; species authorities, native ranges and conservation assessments do not distinguish it." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Young-old", "Old-old", "Oldest-old", "Centenarians" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "United Nations Principles for Older Persons, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1991: non-binding principles concerning independence, participation, care, self-fulfilment and dignity.", "Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, adopted at the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002: a non-binding policy framework.", "Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons, adopted by the Organization of American States in 2015: a treaty binding on its states parties." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Population statistics and projections by age.", "Planning accessible housing, transport and public services.", "Planning geriatric healthcare, rehabilitation and long-term care.", "Designing pensions, social protection and support for participation in community life.", "Studying ageing, longevity and inequalities across the life course." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Chronological age used to define an older population", "typical_range": "Common lower thresholds are 60 or 65; neither is universal.", "unit": "years" }, { "quantity": "Chronological age defining centenarians", "typical_range": "100 or more", "unit": "years" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Ageism, discrimination and exclusion based on assumptions about chronological age.", "Treating older people as uniformly frail, cognitively impaired or dependent.", "Abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.", "Inaccessible environments and services that restrict mobility, communication or participation.", "Conflating ageing with disease or overlooking substantial differences between individuals." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Statistical definitions often use 60 or 65 years, while legal and programme eligibility thresholds vary by jurisdiction.", "Retirement and pension eligibility ages are policy boundaries and need not coincide with definitions of old age.", "Cultural understandings of elder status, family responsibilities and appropriate terminology vary." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Humans", "difference": "Humans are the species-wide category; elderly people are an age-defined subset, not a separate taxon." }, { "name": "Ageing", "difference": "Ageing is a process; elderly people are individuals grouped by a later stage of life." }, { "name": "Retired people", "difference": "Retirement describes withdrawal from an employment role; older people may still work and retired people may be younger." }, { "name": "Frail older adults", "difference": "Frailty concerns increased vulnerability associated with reduced physiological reserve; it does not characterize all older adults." }, { "name": "Elders", "difference": "Elder can denote a cultural, religious or community role whose membership is not determined solely by chronological age." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of elderly people this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Does an existing Vercy person, older-adult or life-stage world model already cover this concept and require linking rather than a separate publication?", "Which operational age definitions should this registry recognise, and how should it represent disagreement between administrative classification and self-identification?", "Which validated functional and participation measures are suitable for the intended languages, cultures and settings, and what restrictions apply to their use?", "Which jurisdiction-specific sources establish current consent, representation, safeguarding and age-related service eligibility requirements?", "What minimum information and review intervals are sufficient for useful support without collecting unnecessary sensitive personal details?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 28 } }