Healthy living in your 60s
General health
- Get an annual well-woman visit
- Get my blood pressure checked
- Eat healthy
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days (65 and older who are fit and have no limiting chronic conditions)
- Talk with my doctor about an exercise program that is appropriate (65 and older with low fitness levels or chronic conditions)
- Quit smoking or don’t start up again
- Limit alcohol use
- Get a seasonal flu shot
- Get a pneumonia shot (65 and older)
- Ask what other shots I need
- Ask about daily aspirin use
- Talk to my doctor about preventing falls
- Talk to my doctor about any domestic and interpersonal violence
- Talk to my doctor about when I need a Pap and HPV test (65 and younger)
- Talk to my doctor about my risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
- Get an HIV test at least once in my lifetime (65 and younger)
Diseases and conditions
- Talk to my doctor about getting my cholesterol checked if I have a family history of heart problems
- Get tested for diabetes if I have blood pressure higher than 135/80
- Talk to my doctor about my family history of cancers
- Get a mammogram every other year
- Get screened for colorectal cancer
- Ask about lung cancer screening if I am a current or past smoker
- Talk to my doctor about osteoporosis screening
- Get screened for Hepatitis C if I was born between 1945 and 1965
- Talk to my doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B
- Talk to my doctor about stress, depression, and other mental health concerns