The most wanted gift on the list for nursing home residents and their caregivers is your gift of frequent short visits. It doesn't matter what you talk about, so long as you remember the dignity and uniqueness of that friend or family member.
Days grow long when old skills are lost and familiar surroundings change.
Even a few minutes of quietly holding hands or walking can bring much joy. With the holiday season approaching, you may be looking for other kinds of gifts to cheer the days of someone in a nursing home. Consider the following gifts for residents in a long term care facility. Small photo albums, the kind with one picture on a page, are especially welcome for those with cognitive losses. Create a label for each picture by describing who it is and what they are doing.