Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Who here has tips or tricks (or even a special device) for making the bed?
I have joint damage in my hands and especially my wrists, so I always leave the sides untucked, but I still like to have the bottom of the sheet tucked under the matress.
I looked up advice from the Arthritis Foundation but didn't think much of their tips, such as using a long-handled wooden spoon to tuck in the sheet. It'd be harder for me to grip a wooden spoon than tuck in the sheet with my hands!
Please share your brilliant ideas.
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To answer the question, my wife makes the bed.
does it matter? i guess if it does, get a lover. if it doesn't just use it and leave it. laughing.
And further to my last posts, he thinks beds should be changed once a year. Gets mad when I do it once a month, which is TOO LONG!!!
I'm trying to do it every second week, although my preference is weekly. Like I always did before RA. Hubby has not improved, although he did help me with the upstairs beds, that his family used! LOL
Next: preparing meals we get from the food service. LOL Can he accept the challenge?