Getting health services you need: later adulthood 

Tips and information

• Register with a doctor for general health and a dentist for dental checks
• Ask a health worker about eye tests and tests for loss of hearing
• Attend health checks on a regular basis to help ensure prompt treatment for new health issues
• Ask a health worker about sexual health
• Ask a health worker about managing health conditions, disabilities, or rehabilitation after injury
• Ask a health worker for advice and support to adapt a person’s home as they get older
• Look out for, and seek care as soon as possible for, potential danger signs such as pains in the chest or arms, rapid and unexplained weight lost or a cough that won’t clear up
• Seek help from a health worker if feeling very sad, anxious, exhausted, unable to cope or if you have thoughts about harming yourself