High End Gift for elderly couple??

Question

My family needs some ideas for some higher end gifts for seniors. We are thinking in the $200 or $300 range, something like that. But it needs to be something useful, not some chotskies to sit around and collect dust. Anyone have any good ideas??? Something for both of them, its their anniversary (one is wheelchair bound) Thanks guys!

Answer 1

How about a Rocking chair?

Small Persian Carpet?


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Please do not get Gift cards or certificates because I saw a documentary that over 25% of people never use them and it just sits there.

Answer 2

You have to put yourself in their place. What if you couldn't get out of the house each day and socialize with people at work and in the community? If you didn't have a hobby or activities at home to keep you busy, you might lose interest in life. It's not the cost which might end up making a good gift as much as engaging them in a new activity that will interest them. That's a hit or miss proposition, because it's hard to know what will interest people or be a good gift for a person. My first thought is a "paint by number" project for each of them. These are great past times for anybody because they allow any person to be creative and achieve a sense of satisfaction at what they can accomplish.

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Answer 3

For the elderly, the best gift is money; because by this age, their main expenditure is on doctors, special foods/ medication, nursing care and other. Anyway they probably have everything else. The money would be handy in say paying a doctors bill or buying medication.

My diabetic grandfather loved chocolate and a peg of rum. So we’d create a hamper for him – a few bars of diabetic chocolate, a bottle of rum and a greeting card with cash in it. If you know the diet restrictions of the couple, you could create a similar hamper.

Better yet, ask them what they would like.

Answer 4

When my Grandmother turned 90, me & my sister took her for a long weekend trip to Ocean City, MD. When we were growing up, the whole family would go for a week. Gran had to stop making these trips in her early 80's...so a long weekend was great. She was also in a wheel chair at the time and we didn't have any problems. The hardest part was getting the wheel chair in and out of the car :-)

Answer 5

This is what my brother do every year for my 76-year-old mother, and my 78-year-old father, and they love it. Love it. We buy them a two or three day stay to any state park in the state. It's good for anytime the year, they don't have to use it all at once, nor do they always have to use it at the same park. It covers lodging, and Mom & Dad enjoy being able to be outdoors and walk the trails.

Answer 6

Trip to Vegas or Branson. While the whole trip might cost more than $300, you could buy tickets to a show, gift cards to a restaurant, maybe their hotel stay and they could pay for the rest.

(There would be plenty for someone wheelchair bound to do in either of these places, especially Branson.)

Answer 7

Places like Crate & Barrell or Pier One have beautiful things that are useful, albeit a bit pricey. You could find some wonderful stuff there for any age.

Answer 8

How about some tickets for an evening out to a play, concert, etc including a nice dinner?

Answer 9

Look into what they may need, maybe a bill paid off or just something nice they both want or need.
Do they enjoy T.V., how about a larger one.
Good Luck.

Answer 10

How about maybe hiring someone to come in and clean for them cook for them or run errands? Maybe you could even hire someone to take them out for the day for lunch or shopping. I am sure if one is in a wheelchair they would appreicate something like that.