Really struggling with ideas for Men over 70

jamtart6

Hi All,
Hoping you will have some bright ideas. Am struggling for gifts for my OH grandad and my Grandad, one is 73 and one is 83 (ie. one in the war, one not!). Its OH grandads b'day this week and each xmas and birthday is harder and harder to buy for - for both of them.

They get slippers, smelly sets, jumpers, cardigans, sweets, biscuits, war books, war films and recently been getting Grandad stuff for his computer etc.

Anyway I'm completely stuck for OH's grandad for his birthday next week. The poor bloke must have a room full of jumpers, shelves full of biscuits and a bathroom full of smellies.

Anyone got any inspiration????

mumoftwo

Does he read? Has he got and interest in something? So you could take out a magazine subscription. Talking books are good. Does he still go out? Tickets to a play. (you might need to remind him when and where)

lyndseyann

personal photographs? loverly frames, magazine subscription,sml reunion party including friends to celebrate,

jeski

Depends on what you want to spend really, but my granddad loves his digital photo frame as it takes up less space and it was already full of family photo's.

takoo

Give him a metal detector!

Takoo

noonesperfect

What about a nightshirt/nightcap? You could probably do worse than to ask him if there's anything specific he'd like.
Is it the 73 y.o's birthday. Is he still fairly active? Gardening gloves/secateurs, something like that. A warm scarf/gloves. Nothing very inspiring I'm afraid, most people 50 upwards have the things they need, wanting is something else!

SugarSpun

Amazon have a series of books that have in them the rules for servicemen in various countries in various wars. My dad loved them at Christmas:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=servicemen+instructions

bellsbells

What about a plant or flowers? Something spring like - a hyacynth (sp?) or something similar. My mum once took some flowering bulbs to an elderly neighbour as a present and he was really touched that she had thought of something like that for him as he said most people would never consider flowers for a man. He could not get out so much and he enjoyed having a bit of spring in the house.

play2day

Whisky? Wine?

noonesperfect

play2day wrote: »

Whisky? Wine?

Good idea, apparently a tipple a day keeps the doctor away for the over-6o's.

Olliebeak

I work with older people and have found that many of them would love to have more time with their relatives than gifts.

Have you asked him if there is anywhere that he would like to go that would normally be a bit awkward for him to get to? Maybe plan a day out somewhere for him.

Very often, we think of getting the shopping for an older person and call to collect their list - or even worse buy what we think they might want. Many of them would just love to be taken to the supermarket/shops/market and be able to choose their own shopping and not feel as though they have to be hurried - even go for lunch somewhere as well.