As a primary care physician taking care of a geriatric patient population, the title鈥檚 question has been my favorite to ask the older adult patients in my care. Recently, while sitting with a patient and his daughter, I asked this joyful question. 鈥淚 love to walk!鈥� the patient answered immediately. They proceeded to tell me how they spend their winters in a warm climate with their wonderful family and walk up to 10 miles a day.

鈥淕enetics and luck,鈥� was another recent answer to my favorite question. 鈥淎ll of my relatives lived long lives, and I have been lucky that my heart is healthy despite all it has been through.鈥� This older patient went on to show me his Apple Watch, which he uses to monitor his heart arrhythmia by looking at the rate, rhythm, and variability. 鈥淚t even can show me an EKG!鈥� His eyes sparkled with delight. We looked at all of the amazing technologies on his watch together.