Holiday Gift Ideas For Seniors
Gift Ideas: A few suggestions for the seniors on your gift list
The holiday season is upon us once again. And with the holiday season, comes the gift-giving season - gift ideas. Soon we’ll all be hitting the malls (or the online stores) to shop for our family members and loved ones, including the seniors on our list. The following are a few gift ideas for the seniors in your life. These ideas were selected with an eye on ways to give — and care for — your senior loved one, for example…
Gift Ideas #1 - Help Seniors Remain Safe at Home
Unlike most smoke alarms, which howl when the battery is low, the Nest smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector lights up yellow and speaks in a human voice to give a head’s up if its battery is low. This avoids the temptation to tear the smoke detector from the ceiling when it’s loudly beeping in the middle of the night. (In such cases, many people never replace the detector, which is dangerous). Also, should a smoke or carbon monoxide emergency occur, the voice says where the smoke is or when carbon monoxide levels are rising. The Nest Protect detector can also be silenced easily if the smoke that set it off is simply coming from the attended food on the stove. To silence the alarm, one merely waves their hand beneath the detector.
Gift Ideas #2 - For the Ailing Body
The Precision LED Pain Reliever, as shown at the Hammacher Schlemmer website (also sold at other fine retailers) helps relieve physical pains in people of all ages. Using technology developed by NASA to heal astronauts’ injuries, this device’s 60 LEDs produce safe infrared heat to stimulate blood circulation, relieve swelling, and loosen muscles in small areas of the body. A study at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee showed the LED technology reduced painful inflammation by up to 37%. Unlike heating pads that only treat just below the skin’s surface, the LED light penetrates deep into tissue for lasting relief from muscle aches or arthritic inflammation. Perfect for seniors! For discounts on this item, visit the Hammacher discount page.
Gift Ideas #3 - Comfort Food
A great way to let seniors know you’re thinking of them all year ‘round, and help ensure they’re eating well, is by giving them a food-of-the-month gift. Sure, you could give a cookie-of-the-month gift or a cheese-of-the-month gift, but a fruit-of-the-month gift or a healthy-snack-of-the-month club gift might be a better choice. There are also meat-of-the-month gifts. Whichever you choose, your senior loved one will surely enjoy it — for many months.
Alternativesforseniors.com presents the above gift ideas as helpful suggestions only. Please note: we don’t have any affiliation to the companies selling the products suggested.
Also Note:
The holidays, a time when we visit our elderly loved ones, is a great time to take a step back and really look at them and see how they’re getting along. Pause and ask yourself if your elderly parent, sibling, or friend is in physical good health. Also ask them questions and listen how they speak to gauge their mental health for any signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Lastly, when visiting their home, check to see if there are any potential hazards, and if so, be sure to make their home safe.
While visiting, if you notice it’s time for your senior loved one to move to a community where they can receive extra care, contact Alternatives for Seniors at 888-WE-ASSIST or visit the alternativesforseniors.com to begin searching for the perfect new home for the senior in your life.
BLOG Date: December 6, 2013
Writer: Ryan Allen