Get a Better Grip in the Kitchen

The kitchen is probably the most popular room in your house. At times, it can also be one of the most frustrating. In her book, Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier, author Shelley Peterman Schwartz offers some helpful suggestions for grabbing and gripping your most important kitchen tools and appliances:

• For help opening jars and bottles with just one hand, the Zim Undercabinet Jar Opener makes opening lids ranging from pill bottles to pickle jars a breeze. Another trick is to try twisting the lid open while wearing a rubber glove.

• Replace hard-to-handle items with ones that have large, cushioned handle grips. Oxo Good Grips offers a wide selection of easy-to-handle kitchen tools, accessories, and organizers.

• Use wheeled utility carts or trays to transport multiple and/or heavy items.

• Save energy by sliding heavy items along the countertop instead of lifting them.

• For help with one-handed stirring, use rubber shelf liner underneath pots and bowls.

• An interesting aid for food preparation, the Swedish Cutting Board features rubber suction cups to hold the board securely to countertops or tables, spikes to hold vegetables for slicing, and a vise to hold larger items.

For more help making your kitchen easier to work with, an occupational therapist can provide many innovative solutions, including storage systems, reaching aids, and adapted stovetops. Ask your doctor for a recommendation.

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