Visiting your grandparents or elderly folks at nursing homes is a gift in itself for them, because what’s more precious than family? But when the holidays come around, of course, you’d want to take a little something for them to cherish otherwise too. Something to remind them of you.
Here are some thoughtful, and quite useful Christmas gifts for the elderly in nursing homes that they would definitely appreciate.
Christmas Presents for the Elderly in Nursing Homes
1. Google Nest Mini
A small smart speaker that quite literally serves as a virtual assistant, the Google Nest Mini would be something that would prove quite useful for any resident of a nursing home. How? Well, this smart speaker features the Google Assistant – a voice assistant that can not only play music but provide news and weather intel, place calls, read out text messages and send them too when connected to your phones.
So this makes it easier for elderly residents to be able to communicate with their loved ones and maneuver their smartphones too.
2. Wemo Wi-Fi Smart Plug
Nursing homes obviously provide internet service to their residents, so why not gift a smart plug to them? The Wemo Smart Plug connects to the Wi-Fi and thereby to a smartphone or even a smart speaker (like that of the Google Nest Mini) for easy and hands-free control of the plug.
Your loved ones won’t have to struggle to plug in chargers or lamps or anything else, or even call for attendants to come in and assist. After plugging in devices just once, they can use their phones, or through voice-enabled commands, if they have a smart speaker to switch on or off whatever’s plugged in. The Wemo Smart Plug also features a scheduling option to make things more convenient.
3. Blankets
There is no blanket in the world that wouldn’t make your grandparent or elderly uncle or aunt happy. Residents in nursing homes tend to feel cold or chilly even on a normal windy day. So a blanket to cover up while they take their evening tea in outdoors, or while they play Bingo in the game room of the nursing facility would be quite handy we’d say.
4. Socks or a New Pair of Slippers
You must’ve noticed that residents of nursing homes live quite the cozy lifestyle, and that means sitting in their comfortable pajamas for the most part. Something that may be small, but would be a considerably thoughtful present is new socks and/or a new pair of slippers.
Given that old people almost always wear socks even if it’s with slippers, which is mostly because they tend to feel cold quite often, a new pair would only make them happier – an addition to their collection! New slippers, especially ones with a rubber grip at the sole are also a great present to give. Something they can now show off to the other residents.
5. Sengled Smart LED Bulb
A smart bulb is not just great for its energy-saving purpose since its features allow for zero carelessness and these bulbs are LED (which already consume less energy), but its automation feature is what would be very useful to the elderly in nursing homes.
Sengled Smart bulbs, when synced to smartphones or even smart speakers (again, like the Google Nest Mini) can be very easy to control. It makes it easy for the elderly to use their phones or give even just a simple voice command to switch the bulb on or off.
6. nUVo Traveler Personal UVC Air Disinfector
If there’s anything that the recent pandemic has taught us, it’s that it is quite easy to fall sick because of airborne bacteria or diseases. Getting the nUVo Air Disinfector would be super useful and would also give you the peace of mind that your relative or grandparent is in a clean environment. Its personal, travel-sized air disinfector is perfect for a room as is.
7. Games
If you haven’t been to a nursing home yet, you may have seen snippets of what life there is like in movies or TV series. Almost every day you would find the elderly playing games like chess or Bingo, or cards. Getting new or more games for your grandparents or relatives would not only make your visits more fun, but it allows them to share something new with their friends at the nursing home too.
What Else Can You Get
These are some of the basics that we rounded up, in hopes that they would prove useful to residents in nursing homes. Of course, more presents could include personalized presents like home-cooked meals to spend the holidays having dinner with your loved ones, or stationery if the elderly enjoy crafts or letter writing – things like that.
You could even add a personal touch to their room at the nursing home by getting a framed photograph of the family! Something that reminds them of home and family.
