Here is a $60 suggestion. Buy an automatic blood pressure cuff at your local pharmacy (er, chemist StepFam) and take both of your blood pressures once a week. Get him to agree that as soon as either of your BPs gets higher than 140 systolic or 90 diastolic that person will go to the Doc. While this is not the only symptom, it is almost a sure bet that as geezerdom approaches so will a little hypertension. Once he gets into the Docs, the doc will take care of the rest......