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“Acopia”/”Acopic”. [sic] Whenever I see this term in patients’ notes I take the doctor aside for some gentle “re-education”. The thing I am proudest of writing is my 2008 essay in the JRSM Acopia and Social admission are not diagnoses. As Bytheway and Johnson stated, “ageism can range from well-meaning patronage to unambiguous vilification”. Giving some colleagues the benefit of the doubt, at best the “A” word means, “I have no training in dealing with frailty and no understanding that functional impairment usually comes with treatable diagnoses”, at worst, “older people are a just a bit crumbly, its their age, what did you expect?” or,“I can’t be bothered to try making a diagnosis”.