• Plan financially for further disability.
• Spread the caregiving burden beyond immediate family with hired help or friends. For local sources of help, call your county’s Agency on Aging or dial 211.
• Ask for a referral from your primary care doctor to a physical therapist, speech therapist, or occupational therapist.
• Do everything you can to prevent a fall. Study Pilates, yoga, qigong, or t’ai chi, or take a class in fall prevention. Stay strong and get an occupational therapist to help you eliminate hazards in your home.
• If you haven’t already, review and reduce medications like statins, blood pressure drugs, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, sedatives, and SSRI antidepressants.