Where you are on the curve
Most people now have one or two systems much closer to the floor than the rest. Finding out which ones is the most useful thing you can do this decade.
Your likely weakest links
Leg strength and balance
The two things that decide whether a fall becomes a broken hip.
Medications
Some were started a decade ago and may not be worth it anymore.
Hearing and vision
They pull other systems down with them, including your brain.
What to fill first
Strength and balance work every week. A medication review with your doctor. And social connection: the Ohana is how people keep doing the basics.
At-home checks
Blood pressure
Home cuff, seated, after five minutes of rest.
Grip strength
A hand grip meter.
5× sit-to-stand
Five times, arms crossed. Time it.
Balance
One leg, eyes open. Count the seconds.
Weight & waist
Waist measured at the belly button.
Check every few months. A sudden drop is worth a call to your doctor.
Black Swan
The day that drops you to the floor.
A Black Swan is the fall, the broken hip, dialysis or the heart attack that takes you from living on your own to needing care, in a single day. You can't predict it.
You can make sure that when it comes, you have enough reserve to land above the floor and get back home. That reserve is built now, not after.
Find out where you stand.
Ten minutes, free, and nothing you enter leaves your browser. Then fill the first bucket.