Opening a jar or chopping vegetables can be difficult for the 70 million Americans who suffer from arthritis.

Buy a jar opener that can be mounted on a kitchen cabinet, then put contents into easy-open containers.

Buy bakeware with grip-style handles on each end.

If you can no longer knead bread, consider buying a dough hook for your mixer or a bread machine.

Look for utensils with easy-to-grip, no-slip handles. Oxo makes several models helpful to someone with arthritis. A pizza cutter or a rocker-style cutter can perform many tasks and relieve stress on joints.

Replace kitchen cabinet knobs and faucets with leverlike openers.