0 ill or needing care, especially for long periods and often because of old age: --
1 people who are ill for long periods: --
The old and the infirm are the most susceptible to this disease.
2 physically or mentally weak, esp. because of old age or illness --
Those who were old, infirm, and unwilling to work were not allowed to migrate if they had not received permission from the council.
They note that unpaid family and friends continue to be the primary source of care for the infirm elderly.
As an individual became increasingly infirm and needy, overseers supplied more and more support.
Perhaps we would want the weak and infirm first, or the children, or the healthiest adults.
It is likely that some of them were elderly and infirm and were unable to engage in agricultural labour.
Caring for the elderly mentally infirm at home : a survey of the supporters.
While widows and the infirm were disproportionately represented among these, some families clearly belonged to the labouring poor.
We distinguish between chronic and catastrophic infirmities based on the severity of an infirm justice's ailments in a given year.
