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Arthritis Aids Help Seniors Fend For Themselves

By Eric Holm


The simplest of tasks can become difficult or even impossible to accomplish for people suffering with painful arthritis. Self esteem suffers when someone has trouble doing something as easy as cutting up food. People get embarrassed and try to hide the weakness from others. Companies make a variety of arthritis aids that can help these people do things without having to ask for assistance. Trying to manipulate a knife in one hand and a fork in the other is impossible for someone with this condition. One clever device combines these two utensils into a single unit that is a lot easier to use.

There are some many things that people do everyday and take for granted until they interact with someone who cannot do certain things and require help with grip. Even a simple thing like opening up an umbrella can be agonizing for someone with this painful condition. An umbrella with a push button is much easier to manipulate and requires a single finger to operate. Other arthritis products include a gripper that may be used in the bathroom to hold onto delicate pieces of toilet tissue. Products that help with arthritis are able to help with a wide range of everyday activities that most people do not give a second thought to.

People who need help with grip will have a difficult time getting dressed without assistance. Zippers and buttons are hard to hold onto without a handy button hook. Hooking a bra behind the back is difficult under the best of circumstances. A special device has been designed to help women with this task as well. Traditional earrings may be converted to clip on style with small converters that slip right on. With these tools, anyone can get dressed and add accessories with no problems.

Another one of the many arthritis aids that make life easier for seniors is for turning keys. Because keys are so small, they can be difficult to grasp when you have arthritis. There are devices you can attach to your key that are large, so they make it simple to turn a key. You can use these for your home or your vehicle. There also are jar openers and pen holders that make those everyday tasks doable again.

Having arthritis does not have to interfere with your everyday life when you use the many arthritis aids that are available today.




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