More posts mean more gift ideas! Rather than sending you back to More Gift Ideas for Loved Ones Who Have Arthritis, I've updated the list with even more gift ideas for loved ones with arthritis or mobility issues. There are suggestions here to suit every budget. You'll find the new 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
- For the beach-goer: water shoes with velcro
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
- Jar of dry ingredients and recipe for baked goods
- The right kind of pastry blender to do more than make pastry
- An electric jar opener
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. - Gift card to a flotation tank but just check first that they are able to get onto the floor or into a tub.
- Chronic Christmas by Lene Andersen
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!
- Put together a foot soak pampering kit
- Helichrysum essential oil for bruises
- Headache Relief Serum
- Long-handled lotion applicator
- Stress coaching! I have many options available; email me to find the just-right one.
Hey, I need a battery operated eraser. I wonder if we can just skip the eraser and the mistakes and jump back to the battery operated no mistake maker? I want one of those. But you know the spray on Panty Hose might work well for my new tight overcoat.