Great article about holiday gifts ideas for caregivers from the University of Buffalo.
Some of the gift ideas are:
1. The gift of time. Create a personalized gift certificate that states the date(s) when you will take care of the loved one, and for how long.
2. A chance to be pampered. A gift certificate for a massage, a visit to a spa or salon and then offering to stay with the care recipient or arranging for someone else to stay with the care recipient provides the caregiver with a much-needed opportunity to relax and unwind.
3. Movie tickets or a dinner out. Make arrangements to have the care recipient taken care of while you treat the caregiver to dinner in a restaurant or to a show.
4. Housecleaning, snowplowing or landscaping service. Any type of service that allows a professional to take care of something that the caregiver would ordinarily do can ease the caregiver’s burden.
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