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Stay Safe Stay Healthy
Good Health Is the Key to a Lifetime of Independence.
Why this book
Your health is the foundation everything else in this series sits on. A fall often starts with weak balance. A scam often lands harder on someone who's lonely. This book takes the wellbeing view: the strength and balance work that keeps you steady, the CDC's guidance of at least 150 minutes of activity a week to stay strong, eating well as your needs change, and managing medications safely as the list gets longer.
It also covers the parts of aging well that are harder to talk about: loneliness, mental health, grief, and staying cognitively sharp. And because independence depends on trust, it includes a plain-spoken chapter on recognizing elder abuse, most often from someone the person already knows and trusts. This is the book about staying strong enough, in every sense, to keep living life on your own terms.
What you'll learn
- Learn the CDC's STEADI approach to fall prevention, with real exercises you can start today
- Build strength and balance safely, even if you've never set foot in a gym
- Eat well as your needs change, without complicated meal plans
- Manage a growing list of medications safely, and know what to ask your pharmacist
- Recognize the difference between normal aging and something worth a doctor's visit
- Stay connected to reduce loneliness, one of the biggest hidden risks to healthy aging
- Talk about depression and grief without stigma getting in the way
- Recognize the signs of elder abuse, and know exactly who to call
By the numbers
Every fact, checked and attributed. Every fact and statistic in this book is checked against a credible, named source, government health and safety agencies, peer-reviewed research, and recognised ageing organisations, and re-verified annually. The book's own Fact References chapter lists the full citation for every figure, so you can check the evidence yourself.
Selected citations from this book
This book's manuscript is still being written, so its own numbered Fact References chapter isn't finalized yet — the citations below are the sources used to build this page, checked against the same standard.
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. STEADI — Older Adult Fall Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/
- National Council on Aging (NCOA). Get the Facts on Falls Prevention. https://www.ncoa.org/article/get-the-facts-on-falls-prevention/
- US National Institute on Aging. Loneliness Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia in Older Adults. https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/loneliness-linked-higher-risk-dementia-older-adults
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Questions
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What this book gives you
You'll walk away with
- ✓Daily habits you can start today, no gym required
- ✓A plan for staying strong that fits real life
- ✓Clear signs of when something needs a doctor's attention
Why it matters
- ♥Fewer falls and more energy for the things you enjoy
- ♥Less loneliness, more genuine connection
- ♥Staying firmly in charge of your own life
More from the Stay Safe Series
Every book in the series stands alone, so start wherever your worry is right now. See the full series →