Gift ideas for a 93yr old lady please

Athome1

Am usually a lurker but I've come on to ask for ideas please, for a 93yr old lady. A bit of info, she's got good health but has difficulty walking any distance. She's not rich but not poor either and has a lovely supportive, loving family. Doesn't have any hobbies that I know of, watches tv but doesn't read much and has a MILLION ornaments already!

I usually get her a bottle of port/sherry/martini/vodka but it feels so predictable. Any suggestions would be lovely.

Many thanks.

JJ.

How about a houseplant? Or maybe a magazine subscription?

Hezzawithkids

I made up a "Tea Time" hamper for my mum's 91st birthday this year. I put in some co-ordinating china, tea towels, tray etc plus some boxes of Twinings t-bags (she normally buys PG Tips), some Green & Black's chocolate and some chocolate coated 'posh' biscuits, and topped it all off with a crossword book. She absolutely loved it. Not saying you should spend as much as I did (it was for my mum after all) but maybe a small hamper of a few bits to spoil her?

lingolady21

I second Hezzawithkids. We always used to make a hamper for my grandma, who had everything but definitely appreciated her food! We used to put Whittards tea, posh hot chocolate. She was diabetic so we went easy on the chocolates but included figs and dates, dried fruits and M&S cheese straws etc.
- or you could take her for fish and chips somewhere? It sounds like she has plenty of company, but a day trip out for my grandma was always a hit.

medusasmummy

I care for the elderly and big hits are
bed socks,
bed jackets,
thick flannel pyjamas
tights, but not black ones
the old harveys Bristol cream
royal jelly
yardleys English rose smellys


going down the magazine route how about substription to radio times?

shopaholicz

I buy for 2 aged relatives (one is now 95 and other one is 89) and things I've bought in the past few years and they didn't appreciate were footspa, those all in one blankets things that you zip up, perfume, bracelets, watches, ornaments, earrings. I basically went for girly things, usually pink.

This year I've got slippers and chocolates for one and a cardigan for the other (had to guess at both sizes!!). And of course a bottle is always appreciated, but usually used for visitors rather than themselves.

:snow_grin :rudolf: :xmassmile :snow_laug

Lunar_Eclipse

Some utterly luxurious cashmere socks or slippers?

Or an equally lavish hat, scarf or gloves?

chocoholicqueen

I to was also going to suggest a magazine subscription, I've just got one for my 86 yr old Nan. I also do one for my mum every year and she's just told me that she still gets excited when it drops through the letterbox.

If you have time, then the hamper also sounds great!

Spendless

I did a hamper last year for my Nan who is 89, she has mobility issues and often can't be bothered to sort out a meal for herself. Mine contained mini items that gave her a lunch time snack by just putting items on a plate. I included the 3 to a pack crackers, mini cheeses, individually wrapped buns and cake bars, sachets of heinz soup, mini pots of jam.

I have got her in the past a blanket that you can jut wrap around yourself and switch on- I bought it in Boots from their Healthcare section.

My mum has bought her a wheeled tray from Argos - amongst their aids of disabled pages- so she can wheel something out of the kitchen to the living room to eat/drink.

This year having exhausted many options, I have got her slippers. Mum I think is buying her nightie/dressing gown.

My other Nan who is 88 but in better health has been bought an M&S voucher and a bottle of baileys.

house_of_cards

I'm making up a food hamper for my aunt this year as I think she has had more than enough cardigans/umbrellas/purses/slippers etc. I've bought a lidded basket (Matalan) which she can use for storage afterwards and intend filling it with everyday foods like tinned salmon, soup, crackers, jam etc.


In the years before my mum passed away we bought her a tape player and then used to buy her audio books which she enjoyed listening to in bed. Everyone in the family ended up buying her new tapes every birthday and Christmas and she never tired of them.

Athome1

Many thanks for the excellent ideas! :T I think the Tea Hamper is the one I'm going to go for, minus the crockery but full of nice biscuits etc. Many thanks again, I really appreciate your kindness to a 'Lurker'