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Elder returns as a life stage in ''[[The Sims 3]]''. It is the seventh and final life stage.
As in the previous game, elder is the final life stage before '''[[death]]''', and represent Sims beyond retirement age. Elder Sims appear somewhat hunched over, walk slowly and take slightly longer to complete tasks than younger Sims. By default, elder Sims have grey hair upon aging up from the adult stage, but they can still dye it by using the [[Change Appearance]] interaction with a mirror if the player chooses to do so. Unlike ''The Sims 2'', where elders had less clothes available than adults, elders have available the same clothes as adults. Female elders can no longer become pregnant, but male elders can still father children with [[adult]] and [[young adult]] female Sims. Elders still have the option to [[adopting|adopt]] children.
Unlike other life stages in ''The Sims 3'', the elder stage does not have a set length and can be prolonged through means other than eating [[Ambrosia]]. Rather than having a bar on the Simology panel that indicates the number of days left until they age up, the bar for an elder Sim shows the total number of days that the Sim has lived for. On the normal [[lifespan]] setting, elders will always live to be at least 90 days old, resulting in the elder stage lasting for a minimum of 16 days before death becomes a possibility. Elder Sims with the [[Vegetarian (The Sims 3)|Vegetarian]] [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]] will live slightly longer than other Sims, as will those that have completed the Marathon Runner [[challenge]] at some point in their lives. At the end of the elder stage, Sims will die of [[Death by Old Age|old age]]. If an elder Sim is part of a household that is otherwise composed of nothing but [[babies]], [[toddlers]] or [[children]], the other members of the household will be relocated to new homes when the elder's death is imminent.
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