Remember the times you would come home after the weekly shop, lugging the shopping bags in from the car, planning your next meal or simply pouring a cuppa and it didn’t hurt?
Well, if you miss being active around the kitchen because of your arthritis, we have some great daily living aids that will open up the heart of the home once again. These daily living products will have you cooking, cutting and enjoying life in the kitchen in no time.
Daily Living Aids for People Living with Arthritis
Uccello Kettle
Filling and pouring the kettle can seem like a herculean task when your hands and wrists are stiff and in pain from arthritis. This is why we have specifically designed a tilt-to-pour kettle to make life safer and easier when handling boiling water. You can fill it with a cup or jug with ease thanks to the wider opening and you never need to hold the full weight of the kettle.
Once boiled, simply tilt the kettle to pour and the great part is, you need only 1 finger to do so. This way, you never to worry about lifting, straining or balancing with a hot heavy kettle again.
Uccello Grip Mat
Our Uccello Grip Mat is an extremally versatile daily living aid. It was designed for those with reduced strength, mobility and dexterity to make
life safer and easier in the kitchen. It will grip on both wet and dry surfaces and has no issue with opening stubborn lids on bottles and jars.
The Grip Mat is also the perfect cup guide for the Uccello Kettle. Simply place it in front of the kettles 2 front feet and your cup in the centre ring for a safe, easy and guided pour every time.
Last but by no means least, the grip mat will keep items secure from moving. Ideal for when you are carrying plates or cups on trays too.
Universal Grip Turner
The grip turner is the ideal aid to have in the kitchen with so many tricky knobs and buttons. If your loved one suffers with arthritis, weakened hand strength or grip the grip turner is ideal.
It can be used to grip and turn many different types of small knobs that you could find on stovetops, microwaves, oven and dishwasher. This way there is no pain and just ease.
Self-Opening Scissors
The self opening scissors from Peta comes with serrated blades that help you cut in any position. They are perfect for those with weak hand strength
or limited grip like with arthritis, tremors or Parkinson’s.
This helps make like easier with its spring mechanism that will reopen automatically after each cut. With that, it reduces the amount of pressure on your hands.
Its large handles and wide finger loop give you the room to fit 4 fingers through. This will help distribute the pressure of the grip and reduce any fatigue on your hands when cutting. Great news too, you can use the self opening scissors in either hand.
Compression Gloves
When it comes to easing the pain of arthritis in our hands and wrists, heat and compression are known to help. They help increase circulation which can improve healing and ease the pain from inflammation.
Wearing compression gloves should help give you back more range of motion, reduce stiffness and increase your grip strength which would be ideal around the kitchen. Don’t worry, they are tight fitting and the tips of your fingers are free so they won’t upset your day-to-day activities like your winter gloves might.
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