At a glance

• Keep moving and include strength and balance activities suited to your ability.
• Review medicines, vaccinations and preventive checks with your GP.
• Address falls, hearing, vision, memory or continence concerns early.
• Maintain regular social contact and ask for help when daily tasks become harder.

Support everyday function

• Use regular meals, fluids, movement and sleep routines that suit your health needs.
• Keep footwear, mobility aids, glasses and hearing devices in good working order.
• Reduce trip hazards and improve lighting around the home.
• Continue activities and relationships that provide purpose and connection.

Topics for a preventive review

• Falls, balance, bone health and physical function.
• Medicines, side effects and whether the regimen remains manageable.
• Hearing, vision, memory, mood, sleep and continence.
• Vaccinations, screening, advance care planning and available supports.

When to book a GP review

• A fall, near-fall or new unsteadiness has occurred.
• Memory, mood, hearing, vision, continence or mobility is changing.
• There is unplanned weight loss, reduced appetite or increasing frailty.
• Medicines are causing concern or daily tasks are becoming harder.

Keep the plan current

• Review goals and supports after illness, a fall, hospital care or a change in living circumstances.
• Bring an up-to-date medicine list and relevant specialist information to appointments.
• Involve a trusted family member or support person if you wish.

Emergency advice

Call 000 for sudden weakness, facial droop, speech difficulty, severe chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, a serious fall or injury, sudden confusion, or another severe or rapidly worsening symptom.

Rochedale Family Practice is not an emergency service.