Arthritis can cause mild to severe pain. However, many elderly people who have arthritis suffer from moderate to severe pain. If your elderly loved one has arthritis, there are some things that may ease their discomfort. Before looking into these things, it is important to know that if you and the elder care providers work together, you can help your elderly loved one to have a better quality of life. This is because, with these tips, they can be in much less pain.

Choosing Helpful Activities

You should help your elderly loved one get into an activity that eases their discomfort and pain. For instance, after trying some things, your elderly loved one might find that swimming relieves their discomfort. If this is the case, you or the elder care providers can make sure your loved one keeps going swimming. There might be some local hotels, facilities, or centers that offer swimming for the elderly.

Help with Jar and Can Opening

If your elderly loved one has arthritis, it is likely that opening a jar or a can is tough. However, there are some things that can help with this. You can get your elderly loved one grips for opening jars. This makes it less painful on their hands when trying to open a jar. You can also get an electric can opener instead of a manual one.

Easier to Reach Items

With arthritis, bending and reaching movements are often difficult. If these things are tough for your elderly loved one to do, you or senior care providers can move items to easier to reach locations. For instance, your elderly loved one might find it difficult to reach up in their cupboard to get a plate down. If this is the case, you should move their plates to a lower shelf or sit them on top of their counter. This will prevent them from having to reach to get the plates and prevent the pain associated with reaching, as well.

These are some of the things that can help with easing the discomfort associated with arthritis. If your elderly loved one has arthritis, you should talk with them to see what triggers their pain. This might be different than what triggers someone else’s arthritis to flare up. Once you have a list of the things that trigger your elderly loved one’s arthritis, you and their elder care providers can make a plan for relieving their discomfort.

Sources: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/osteoarthritis

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