Holiday shopping for an older parent is often challenging. If you ask, you usually get a response that they have everything they need. You’re looking for a great Christmas gift for your mom.
Have you considered these 10-holiday gift ideas?
#1 – Smart Speakers
A smart speaker like Google Mini or Amazon Alexa becomes a helpful tool for many reasons. Your mom can find a recipe and have the speaker read it out to her while she follows the step-by-step instructions. She can play trivia, music, and escape-the-room games with her speaker.
The speaker can give her reminders, set alarms, and read the news. She can have it play an audiobook or play music, too.
#2 – Flowers
Flowers are always appreciated. The scent and colors can uplift her mood.
#3 – Gift Cards
Pick your mom’s favorite stores and give her gift cards to one or two of them. Plan a day where you’ll take her to that store and also treat her to lunch.
#4 – Favorite Foods
Think about your mom’s favorite food. If she loves coffee, buy some local coffees and build a gift basket with them. If she loves chocolate, choose chocolates from local candy shops.
#5 – Subscription Boxes
Is there something your mom loves that’s available in a subscription box? You can get a subscription box of Caribbean snack foods sent to her house for a specified number of months. You could get her a subscription box of her favorite socks.
#6 – A Soda Maker
Your mom drinks a lot of seltzer, but it costs her a lot of money. Buy her a SodaStream maker and a couple of canisters of CO2. Teach her how to make her seltzer at home. Add some flavoring drops if she likes flavored seltzer.
#7 – A Hydroponic Gardening System
Your mom likes to garden, but it’s too cold in the winter. Get her a hydroponic gardening system like the Aerogarden. She can grow small plants year-round in her kitchen. Herbs are one of the best crops for a kitchen garden as they don’t take a lot of space.
#8 – Dinners
Your mom hates to cook. Instead of having her relying on takeout, give her a handmade coupon book full of coupons for meals you’ll make for her. Get ideas for what she’d like to have and show up with the ingredients. Make dinner for her while she sits back and relaxes.
#9 – Games
Purchase some games for your mom to play with her grandkids, other family members, and caregivers. Card games and board games are both excellent options.
#10 – Help Around the House
Pay for a few weeks of caregivers and see what she thinks. She won’t have to commit for long, but she’ll like having the companionship and assistance with daily activities.
Caregivers can help your mom with meals, cleaning, and transportation. Pay for a caregiver to take her shopping, remind her when it’s time to take her medications, and take care of the dirty laundry. Call a home care agency to learn more.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Home Care Services in Phoenix, AZ, or anywhere in the East Valley, please contact the caring staff at Legacy Home Care.
Call (480) 777-0070
Legacy Home Care has been serving the valley since 2007. We are family owned and operated with over 75 caregivers. We offer a customized care plan that includes services such as: Hourly Senior Home Care, 24-Hour Home Care, Dementia Care, Personal Care and Companion Care. Also ask us about our Veterans' Home Care program.
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