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benbenandme

Its an excel spreadsheet. I used to use an amortization one but then it disappeared off the website, then I found this one

Keeping_Motivated

Ok I'll keep looking until I find one thats suitable. Thanks

benbenandme

Have sent to you KM

Keeping_Motivated

Thanks Benben. I got it, going to have a play with it. Lets hope your enthusiasm rubs off on me and I am as focussed as you are with it x

benbenandme

I've done two qualifying bets today, one should get me my free bet on tuesday, the other one I'm not sure when the free bet is given, will need to keep checking.

benbenandme

I haven't mentioned it as I've been trying to ignore it a bit, but dad is going into a home this week for a weeks respite care He's going in on wednesday (provisionally, may change), and I'm starting to feel sad about it. I've also been thinking about xmas and really have no ideas whatsoever about what to get him. He's always been tricky to buy for (never was into music / dvds etc), but now he can do / chooses to do nothing. He can't write anymore and his eyesight is poor so can't really read either, he has absolutely no interest in anything, the only thing he likes is sweets but last year he got so many it was embarrasing He can only wear tracksuit trousers / easy on/off clothes as mum has to help him get dressed and he has tonnes of clothes ... I've looked on a couple of dementia websites but they all suggest puzzle books (he cant read/write in them) or photo albums (dont think he'd be interested enough to look). They have a digital photo frame with loads of pictures on but he never takes any notice of it Hmm, thinking cap on me thinks

Keeping_Motivated

Benben I'm sorry to hear that, I can understand why you are sad. As for the xmas present maybe the respite will be beneficial in that it will encourage him activity wise as he might be more receptive in that enviroment?

Would he listen to audio books?

hypno06

A week's respite will do him, and your mum, good. As for Christmas, well, you don't need to know *now* what to get him. It may well be, that in the next few weeks, the perfect present idea pops into your head, and you wonder why you hadn't thought of it before!

In all of this, though, look after yourself. You have already been through a lot recently, so take care x

LouiseJ

BB my Granda is also very difficult to buy for, he hides new clothes and never wears them and God forbid we buy him anything expensive it eats him up with guilt!

So, we have all let go of our "guilt" and just get him token gifts (I really would buy him the world) last year I got him a ponsettia plant and he cherished it for weeks.

dangers

We had FILs birthday a few weeks ago and we ended up buying him some sweets and shower gel. Not what we would normally have bought him, but he doesn't know what he's wearing - half the time the clothes he is wearing belong to someone else. As your dad won't realise, spend extra on your mum! Hope he gets on ok with the respite care.