senility;  dotage;  decrepitude
 senility;  dotage;  decrepitude
 to become decrepit;  to become senile
 to grow senile;  to be childish with age;  to be mentally slow;  to be befuddled;  to play stupid;  to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
 to become wasted by illness
 dotage;  feeble-minded old man;  senile old fool;  dotard