Don’t Let Arthritis Cripple Your Life, A Stair Lift Opens Your Home—and Life
By Carol O’Dell, author of “Mothering Mother”
Pain, aching, dull, joints are the hallmark of arthritis. You fight it as best you can—with meds, vitamins and supplements, hydrotherapy, gentle exercise, and even using canes or walkers for assistance. And maybe you can’t play racquet ball anymore, but you’re enjoying golf—and maybe you’ve traded your hiking boots for a hot tub. That’s okay, but make sure those are choices you want to make. Your home should be a place where you can get around, enjoy each room and area of your home and yard, and it’s worth the investment. A stair lift might give you back parts of your home you thought you had to give up. You don’t.
Many of us have offices on our second floors, keep memorabilia, have spacious master bedroom suites, walk-in closets and bathrooms with double sinks, separate tubs and showers and other amenities. Don’t settle for staying downstairs and making do with the guest room and guest bath—or “living” in your recliner.
Stair lifts work for not only the upstairs, but also the downstairs. You may have a split level home (basically three levels with two shorter staircases going either way from the main living floor). For others, it’s their basement they’d like to enjoy again. Is that your “man cave?” Do you enjoy your tools, vintage car, pool room, extra den or hobby room on a lower level? Enjoying life is important for your physical and emotional health and the more you can entertain yourself in your own home with hobbies and activities enhances your life and staves off boredom and frustration.
More and more people are staying home and enjoying the amenities they’ve chosen. A stair lift gives you access and makes it easy to get around without wearing out your joints, or adding pain to days or risking falls. You might have to deal with arthritis but it doesn’t have to cripple your life.
