Arthritis aids

Gemh

Hi everyone, My Dad is so bad with it in hands that he really struggles picking up cutlery (we took him out for a meal and I so wanted to help him but it would hurt his pride. I have been looking at so many things to help with this and thought you may know where to get cutlery (all in one so handles dont get water in them). This in itself would be massive help but all amazon reviews are not that great.

PeterJ

Hello @Gemh and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you father has arthritis in his hands and that you are looking for aids to help him. Have you tried talking to a physiotherapist as they might know of some? Also please contact our Helpline as they may be able to help

https://www.versusarthritis.org/get-help/

In the meantime have a look around our website and also try using the search facility on the top of the Community page as I am sure others will have faced the same issue and might have found solutions, and example is

https://community.versusarthritis.org/search?query=cutlery&scope=site

and one of the posts

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/310835#Comment_310835

could be of help.

Please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on

With very best wishes to you and your father

Peter