More posts mean more gift ideas! Rather than sending you back to Gift Ideas for Loved Ones Who Have Arthritis, I have updated the list. You'll find the newer additions in green.
Apparel
- Elastic or curly shoe laces
- Bracelet helper
- If you're buying clothing, consider the weight of the garments. Also, the ease of opening and closing buttons or using zippers.
- Shoes, such as these from L. L. Bean
- Light-weight purse or wallet
- A bathing suit from L.L. Bean
- Spray-on pantyhose
- Dry-cleaning or laundry service vouchers
- Three piece pajama set - a hot flash helper
- A multi tool - jewelry, zippers and button helper
- A wristlet to carry your essentials
- Here's another wallet option
- This wallet that converts into a fanny pack
- Travel with a silver lining - a light-weight purse
- Use this to make putting on necklaces a click!
- Sore feet? How about some orthotics?
Auto
Garden
- Kitchen and garden tools that are light-weight and have large easy-to-grip handles, such at this Bypass Pruner from Fiskars
- Telescoping trowel
- Hose connector
- Watering can
Hobbies
- Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain
- Hula hoop
- Rolling back pack for exercise gear
- Uplifting reading materials, such as From Chopin and Beyond - Part 1 and Part 2
- Light-weight books or an e-reader
- Gel pens
- Battery-operated eraser
- Magazine subscription
- Movie gift certificate
- Prepare and freeze some meals or goodies to be used on those days when energy is waning
- Exercise DVDs such as When You Hurt All Over
- Exercise balls
- Books and more books
- Meet a character with RA in And the Mountains Echoed
- A copy of Your Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Lene Andersen
Home
- Heavy non-slip floor mat
- Small tray
- Laundry helper or footstool
- Pillows: Feathering My Nest and Not Only for a King
- Purchase and install grab bars for the shower or tub area
- Rubber bath mat
- Install a handicapped toilet
- Battery-powered scrubber
- Telephone headset
- Dictation software
- Office chair
- Fiskars Paper Trimmer
- Shower curtain
- Vacuum
- Basket
- A firm, supportive recliner: Nodding Off and My Perch
- A Zip-it Opener for Blister Packs and Clam Shells
- My readers offered up some great suggestions to help put an end to duvet wrestling
- Mesh bag for toiletries
Kitchen
- China mug and How it's Handled Makes a Difference
- Food processor
- Pressure cooker
- Vegetable peeler, such as this one from Starfrit
- Starfrit Mightigrip jar opener or a Boa Constrictor strap wrench
- Electric potato peeler from Starfrit
- A Starfrit electric salt and pepper mill
- Electric juicer
- Egg slicer
- Apple wedger
- Electric can opener or an electric jar opener
- Light-weight dishes
- Knives
- Clothes pins
- Scrub brush
- Folding stool
- This piece of rubber makes peeling garlic easy
- Tea to help quell those sweet cravings or to soothe your senses
- Collapsible water bottle
Miscellaneous
- Nutcracker
- Double duty luggage that Roll In, Roll Out
- Shopping bag carriers
- Travel mug
- Consider contracting a service that can make light of difficult chores such as a housekeeping service such as Capital House Cleaning, a gardening service or car cleaning service.
- Prepare and freeze some meals or goodies to be used on those days when energy is waning
- A gift of your time to help with whatever needs doing – laundry, clean the windows, vacuum, wash the floors or tidy up.
- Arrange an outing; you do the driving!
- Do you have an idea for a unique tool? Consider talking over your idea with Maarten Meerman to see if he could make it for you.
- emWave ® Personal Stress Reliever from My Givens and a Giveaway. I have these in stock. Please email me at info@auntiestress.ca for further information.
*emWave and Personal Stress Reliever are registered trademarks of Quantum Intech, Inc.
Personal Care
- Long-handled shoe horn
- Dental floss wand
- Easy-to-use shower curtain
- Scalp massage/shampoo tool
- If the person is travelling to The Big Island of Hawai'i, book them a session with Sarah-Lynn Joy
- Stool or cane
- Dosettes: large and small
- Anti-Swan Neck Deformity ring
- Neck brace
- Hot packs or ice packs
- Small flashlight: Light the Night or Roll Away Flashlight
- Portable John and Jane
- Portable toilet seat
- Massage tools
- Tennis balls
- Scalp scrubber
- Shoe grips
- Heel care cream
- Toe nail clipper
- Gloves: work or surgical
- Reacher
- Self-care can be difficult – manicure, pedicure or a massage gift certificates, such as one from The Body Mechanics Massage Therapy
- Rolling backpack
- Walker
- The right kind of tweezers
- When you don't have access to an ice-pack
- These cleaning wipes for glasses would make a great stocking stuffer
- Support for that aching back
- Use this device to squeeze out toothpaste or any product that comes in a tube
- Physicool helps to cool those hot joints
- Lens CPR
- Even buttons and zippers can present a challenge in the midst of a flare-up. Help is on the way!
Pets
Work
- Folding stool
- Telephone headset
- Dictation software
- A second mouse
- Office chair
- Fiskars Paper Trimmer
- Gel pens
- Battery-operated eraser
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