When you have arthritis, it can be difficult to do some of the things that you once took for granted. Vacuuming is one of those tasks. Want to find out what is the best vacuum for seniors with arthritis? That’s why I’ve put together this article on how to evaluate the best vacuum cleaners on the market for arthritis.

What is the Best Vacuum for Seniors with Arthritis?

If you want to jump right to the recommendations, then check out my review article on The 11 Best Vacuum Cleaners for the Elderly (Seniors).

What Do We Need to Consider When Choosing the Vacuum for a Senior with Arthritis?

Vacuum Cleaner Requirements:

• Easy to take apart and clean – to learn more read my article Which Vacuum is the Easiest to Clean?.
• Lightweight- stick vacuum cleaners tend to be the lightest vacuums on the market. Corded stick vacuum cleaners are lighter because they don’t have a battery on board. A handheld vacuum cleaner is lightweight and can be great for quick-and-dirty jobs (did I just make a pun there?).
• Easy to push – Stick and Upright vacuum cleaners are often easy to push. a canister vacuum can be easy to pull.
• Easy to manage on stairs -cordless stick vacuum cleaners are light and present no cord-tripping risk.
• Ideally cordless vacuum cleaners represent lower tripping and falling risk.
• Vacuum cleaners that come with the right attachments (like a crevice tool or dusting brush) can make all the difference in the world in terms of vacuum cleaner ease-of-use.

Layout of Your Home:

• Larger homes mean vacuum cleaners need longer run times – cordless vacuum cleaners may not be the best choice.
• Homes with a lot of carpet require more vacuum cleaner suction power. An upright vacuum cleaner or a canister vacuum cleaner will have the most suction power available,
• Homes with second stories and stairs add more challenge to the cleaning task. As vacuum cleaners go, an upright vacuum cleaner is likely to be harder to manage and carry up stairs, as is a canister vacuum cleaner.
• Pets usually mean more vacuum time and suction power is needed. Best vacuum cleaners might be: lightweight upright vacuum cleaner, possibly a lighter weight canister vacuum cleaner, or a corded stick vacuum cleaner!
• A Robot vacuum cleaner works great when frequent cleaning is needed, but the home needs to be uncluttered.

Who Will Be Using the Vacuum Cleaner?

As we get older, arthritis is a frequent concern, but there are also a number of other factors to consider when evaluating all lightweight vacuum cleaners for a senior.

In addition to having difficulty pushing heavy or bulky vacuum cleaners, older adults may have vision or hearing issues that make it difficult to use certain features on vacuum cleaners (e.g., knowing when the lightweight vacuum cleaner bag needs to be emptied).

Finally, some older adults may have cognitive impairments that make it difficult to follow instructions. Or even remember to plug cordless vacuum cleaners or handheld vacuum cleaner back into the charger.

A robot lightweight vacuum cleaner may sound like a great idea, but any robot vacuum cleaner can potentially represent a tripping for falling hazard.

Do you have allergies, or ANY other respiratory issues?

If so, then your choice for best lightweight vacuum cleaner should include one with a HEPA filter, to keep the “bad stuff” inside the vacuum, rather than sending them back out into your house.

Are you a pet owner?

If you have to deal with a lot of pet hair, consider HEPA filter vacuum cleaners, as well as a vacuum cleaner that also has a brush system design that minimizes pet hair “wrap”.

Your pet may also need to be conditioned to the movement of the device if you decide to purchase a robot vacuum cleaner.

Bagless Vacuum Cleaners versus Bagged Vacuum Cleaners

While bagless lightweight vacuum cleaners are less costly to maintain (no bags to buy), they can be more difficult to clean.

FINAL WORDS

The average person, even if they don’t end up with the ideal lightweight vacuum cleaner product, can usually make it work.

Seniors, especially if they are looking for vacuum cleaners for arthritis sufferers, have less options to tough it out if they make a poor purchase decision.

My recommendation is to detail out your definition of what the best vacuum cleaner for arthritis sufferers means to YOU, BEFORE you shop.

This will go a long way to reducing your frustration as you wade through all the choices.

And, most importantly, you will lower the risks that you will end up with a vacuum cleaner that won’t meet your needs.

I hope this article has been helpful!