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I have a need to get a gift, a gift for a senior person in my life, and senior gifts are a bit tricky. They have to be useful and appropriate but also have to be ‘not obvious’. Time and attention are the best gifts, but failing those two you have to think of something concrete to give which is something other than a gift certificate (gift certificates I think are a kind of announcement that I don’t have the time or the imagination to pick out something nice for you).  So I have been thinking a lot and have come down to some of these possible options:

As one grows older, their circulation tends to become poorer and they tend to feel the cold more. Feet in particular tend to get icy and I though this electric foot warming pad was great, particularly at the price of 39.99 which is down from $59.99. So gifting toasty warm feet I thought was a great idea.

A lot of small disabilities and infirmities tend to creep up on a person as they age and eyesight is one thing that is quick to be affected by advancing years. This large number size digital clock with a 2.5 inch LED display  will let seniors tell the time without hunting for their specs or having to screw up their eyes. For just 12 dollars, it’s very reasonable too.

I read someplace that the best thing to keep dementia at bay is for seniors to keep using their mind (kind of like ‘what you don’t use you lose’). By stretching and challenging their mind seniors can keep memory loss away. So I thought this 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle would be an excellent gift that will require a lot of mental effort. This is particularly apposite because the senior I have in mind is a retiree and keeps to the house most of the time.

This one will require a lot of effort on my part. This one is not just about buying an mp3 player, it is also about knowing what music the person likes, then finding it and then loading it on to the mp3 player. It’s no use giving a senior person an mp3 player and expect them to find any use for it. This mp3 player on Amazon is down to just $30 from the list price of $120. Anything at an 80% discount I simply love!

Now all I have to do is hope that none of these gifts are too ‘obvious’.

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