Best Drinking Aids for the Elderly

Proper hydration is essential for our overall health and is especially important as the summer months arrive and the hot weather increases our risk of dehydration. 

If you’re living with a health condition or injury that makes it difficult to use traditional drinkware you may benefit from a drinking aid to help keep drinks accessible, and at Complete Care Shop we have plenty of drinking aids for the elderly and disabled on offer.

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If you still enjoy a hot drink in the summer, your tea and coffee intake will contribute to your daily liquid consumption and can help you to stay hydrated. However, making hot drinks may be a cause for concern if you have limited mobility, grip or strength in your hands as it would usually require you to lift and pour a boiling kettle.

Combination Kettle Tipper

A Kettle Tipper, such as the Combination Kettle Tipper, is an effective way to increase your safety when making hot drinks as it simply needs to be tilted to pour and prevents the need to lift a kettle full of hot water.

Insulated Mugs

Consuming hot drinks may take longer for some people, and can put you off finishing a drink if it goes cold. Insulated mugs, such as the Insulated Mug with Lid, enable you to consume hot drinks or foods, such as soup, at your own pace and keeps the contents warmer for longer. With the lid, you can cover the mug when you’re not drinking, to keep the heat in for as long as possible.

Stay hydrated in bed or lying down

Some drinking aids are designed especially for use in a bed or chair and make drinks accessible, even when you’re lying down.

The Kennedy Cup

The Kennedy Cup features a non-spill lid with a straw that enables you to tilt and drink from the cup when you’re lying down. It’s one of the best drinking aids for elderly and disabled people who are in bed for a prolonged time due to an injury or illness and offers independence to those who require assistance to sit up when needing a drink. 

The Hydrant Water Bottle with Drinking Tube

Bottles with drinking tubes may also benefit you if you’re regularly in bed or on a chair. The Hydrant Water Bottle with Drinking Tube features a clothes clip to keep the drinking tube close at hand and can increase your independence when staying hydrated. Hydrant bottles are also ideal for wheelchair users and even feature a handle bracket so the bottle can rest on the back of a wheelchair or close to a bed.

Our top drinking alternatives to increase hydration

Traditional cups and mugs often include a wide drinking rim and small handles, requiring you to tilt your head back to finish your drink. If you find any of these areas uncomfortable, there are drinking aids that offer effective alternatives to ensure you can still get the liquids you need to stay hydrated.

Adult Feeding Cup

Adult Feeding Cups, like the Feeding Cup with Spout, can be used to consume semi-solid foods and liquids and reduces the risk of spills by decreasing the size of the area you’re drinking from. These feeding cups have a large handle for better grip, graduations down the side to mark your liquid intake and also feature two different lids.

One Way Flextendible Straws

Straws are used by many but are especially useful if you find it difficult to tilt your head back to drink or have limited strength in your hands and arms, making it hard to lift and tip a drink. One-Way Flextendable Straws are designed with a one-way valve that retains the liquid in the straw, even when you stop drinking, to prevent air from entering the stomach and ultimately make keeping hydrated more comfortable.

More eating and drinking aids for the disabled and the elderly

You’ll find a whole variety of eating and drinking aids for disabled and elderly people at Complete Care Shop, as well as a whole range of other kitchen aids such as cutlery, kitchen trolleys and plates & bowls.

If you need any help finding more drinking aids for the elderly, contact our Expert Advice Service. Our team of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants will be happy to advise you on the most suitable aids for a variety of circumstances, so please don’t hesitate to contact us.