Xmas pressie ideas for 94-yr old granny?

JJ.

What about a memory book? Get family members to add photos and write down their memories of when the photo was taken.

pricetag

You can buy a new shawl for her.

tgroom57

Grimbal wrote: »

... I'll get some smellies for her as she does use talc & soap, ..

further to the soap idea my grandma was always particularly pleased with, and asked for, glycerine soaps. Glycerine keeps skin pliable.

If you have difficulty finding glycerine soaps Body Shop do a nice selection about £2.50 each, I'm sure there's shop near you or order online if not.

qwiksave

Another suggestion... what about a book about the area she was brought up in? The type with lots of photos. Might be able to get it online if you don't live locally to her?

MrsC....tobe

My sister always gets the grannies a food hamper of things that she had gathered up herself with each persons likes in mind. Last year I gave them a give card for the supermarkets they use so they could get their own.
This year I have one granny getting a photo canvas of herself with her four 'children' at a wedding earlier this year, the other is getting a christmas plant basket delivered from Interflora (we live 280 miles away) as she likes to put them in her porch and they last for months.
OH wanted to pay a bill for his granny this year but we know she won't let us do that so we have got a big selection of foods and goodies that are all gluten free for her diet and I'm making up a nice hamper with them, with her very own individual christmas pud in it!

elsien

Sherry. Or whisky. Or any other tipple of her choice.


I was in a similar position last year - buy her food and she gives it away, doesn't go out, doesn't wear smellies, going blind so couldn't read or watch tv....
So as she was complaining she couldn't have bacon as no-one would let her cook in case she set the place on fire, and she mentioned in passing that she'd not had champagne in years, I surprised her with a birthday tea of bacon butties and champers. Which she still talks about.
TBH in my grandmother's case she'd much rather have visits and the company, much more meaningful to her. And I take things I know will make her laugh to read out to her, and sit and do the things she likes such as crosswords that she can't do on her own any more.
All depends how close you live and what time you can realistically offer.

springdreams

this thread has some ideas too

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/288283

pawlala

JJ. wrote: »

What about a memory book? Get family members to add photos and write down their memories of when the photo was taken.

Leave some space at the back otherwise it'll make her feel like she's on her way out.

kbrumann

You can get her a high-gloss photo calendar. It's easy and fast ... and it's not too expensive.

emg

Agree about giving time if at all possible. My grandma is no longer alive but I always gave a 'voucher' for a trip out together. It used to be the theatre or a nice restaurant but as she got older and less mobile and was in a home, she was happy with a trip to M&S cafe and a quick look round the undies section! It took me a couple of hours to get to her but I really value those times we had together and it often gave her something to look forward to once the christmas visits were over.