What to buy a 91 year old for Xmas

Lillibet_2

What about getting hold of your local branch of the Womens Institute & havign them deliver a hamper of their goodies to her? I know they offer this service, they will make up the hamper accroding to your budget & try to include/exclude any specifics where possible & charge a very small delivery fee.

HTH

margaretclare

Hi

Buy her something she wouldn't otherwise get. I agree with a hamper - Inverawe Smokehouses do lovely ones. https://www.scottishgourmetfood.co.uk

Aunty Margaret

black-saturn

I have the same problem with my nan. Shes 88 and doesnt go out, cant see very well, cant hear very well, doesnt like perfume, doesnt like alcohol and doesnt like chocolates. I've bought her several audio books.

silver_surfer_7

My Grandma gets a magazine subscription every Christmas from me. That way the gift lasts all year and then starts again - so its endles I guess. Gives her an alternative to the telly (when the crickets not on).

Loretta

What about a freeview box. In Lakeland and I expect other places you can get slippers you warm in the microwave, however fit older people are they often get cold feet. My mother in law died when she was 96 and she liked little luxuries, food, some nice tea or coffee, a special bone china cup and saucer, flowers, plants, a silk scarf, special things which are treats.

Loretta

I forgot Pass Times have all sorts of things which are excellent for older people who are so hard to buy for

southernscouser

A liquidiser? :rotfl:

Sorry!

How about if they have any favourite old photos getting them framed or even retouched perhaps! Old people are quite sentimental aren' they?

gooismeid

My gran (93 next month) has had 2 cataracts removed this year and is shaming us all by reading around a book a day now that she can see again, especially thrillers and crime books. She also loves puzzle books - maybe a subscription to something that'll keep her mind occupied? Get her onto Sudoku and there'll be no stopping her. The other thing that gran really appreciated last year was some slippers with built-in heating and massage(you had to put a little battery in the heel), this is because she has diabetes and you have to be careful to keep the circulation going - not easy when you're not so sprightly!
But as previous posters said, promising to spend time is THE most important thing. What about a voucher for an outing somewhere that you take her to? Theatre, classical music, even the cinema or a local stately home or art gallery.

fruityslh

I too was partly brought up by my Nan, and we are close, we both love gardening (although my Nan gets her 32 y old grandson & 3 yo great grandson to help) so when we we get together (we live 120 mile apart) we always go for a walk round a garden centre and buy each other some plants and have a good old chinwag and tip swapping session, and usually a spot of lunch somewhere too. This year I'm also doing a mini hamper, but she loves receiving vouchers for M&S too (mind you she made me ROFL when she said it was getting too old & frumpy and she had started looking in the Per Una concession instead)

Counting_Pennies_2

My granny-in-law has had trouble focusing for a few years, when she started having trouble we signed up for talking newspapers. They are a charity so if income is low you can choose the low cost package, where they subsidise the package, alternatively it is always good to give something back to charity, so we pay the higher amount.

I have copied the link to the page of the company to show all the publications available, there are loads, and you can then find out the cost of individual packages, you can choose just a couple of publications or loads.

http://www.tnauk.org.uk/Pages/tape_categories.html#tapefamilyhome

Each year we renew the subscription for her. She is always telling us it is the best present she has ever had, as it stays with her throughout the entire year.

We bought her a good cassette player with big buttons
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/631_258946.html

We then got in contact with our local blind association who have coloured dots you can buy. So her stop button has two buttons side by side on top, and the play has one button.

It is great for her as her eye sight will continue to fad, and all she needs is to touch a button and it plays talking newspapers and her daughter gets loads of talking tapes out of the library to keep her going.

She literally sits in her chair all day listening to her talking tapes. We opened up a new world for her.

Your gran might have fantastic eye sight at the moment, but often they get tired reading print, so a talking tape can be a great purchase even if their eyesight is poor.

If you are only interested in purchasing one talking book try
http://www.listen2books.co.uk/lbechannel/static/index.cfm

Hope this helps