Fading Memories: Alzheimer's/Dementia Caregiver Support

Fading Memories: Alzheimer's/Dementia Caregiver Support


Gift Ideas for Caregivers & Their Loved Ones

December 04, 2018

Finding the right gift ideas is a challenge, Finding gifts for caregivers who needs more assistance than stuff can really make your head explode. Well, I'm here to help. Today I get personal and offer up my list of gifts for caregivers and gifts for those living with Alzheimer's. I've had a lot of practice so you benefit from my experience.
Gift Ideas for Caregivers
Just for You - A Daily Self Care Journal
“Just for You, a daily self-care journal” guides the writer on a journey of self-discovery while intentionally exploring the seasons of life 365 days a year. Each daily prompt encourages the writer to uncover creative self-care solutions and rediscover personal visions and desires. Ultimately this is a creative tool to boost and inspire the recipient to live their best life by focusing on integrating health and happiness into each day. This journal blends daily writing prompts with monthly ‘fun’ activity pages. Use the blank lines to capture one or multiple years of daily responses. Personalize the journal pages by adding splashes of color and creativity. Whether received as personal gift or offered to someone who needs encouragement, this journal enables a fun and positive ripple effect in just minutes each day by allowing the writer to creatively focus on wellness for the mind, body and spirit.
Freeze & Go Slow Cooker Meals 
Assembling simple yet tasty meals that a caregiver can throw in a slow cooker and forget is heaven sent.  Once they're nearly done with the gifted meals you could make a bi-monthly date to shop and do all the prep work with them. The socialization while tackling practical matters is a two-fold gift in itself. This site has some easy suggestions. How about 20 meals in 4 hours? If you need lots of ideas, this site2 has 72 of them with corresponding shopping lists.
UberEats Gift Card
Maybe you're not a cook or perhaps you want to give them something even easier than a plop & go slow cooker meal. We all like restaurant meals but sometimes it's not easy to go to one. Bring one to them with Uber Eats. UberEats has hundreds of restaurants to choose from. When they open the app, they can scroll through the feed for inspiration or search for a particular restaurant or cuisine. When they find something they like, tap to add it to their cart.
Subscription To A Meal Delivery Service
A meal subscription service is an ideal gift for the out of town sibling to give to the person doing the caring.. Now that it's just the two of us my husband & I use Blue Apron   We've discovered flavors and ingredients we never would have tried otherwise. We waste a lot less food too. There are dozens of these services. My friend likes Sun Basket for the healthier options. There's also Hello Fresh and Home Chef just to name a few of the man...


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