Gift Ideas for the Elderly

A Holiday Gift Guide for Senior Citizens

It can be difficult to think of gift ideas for the elderly people on your holiday shopping list. The elderly usually have collected plenty of knickknacks, so what about some gift ideas for the elderly that don’t contribute to clutter or give the dust bunnies a place to hide? Following are six gift ideas for the elderly that are useful or edible. I hope they will be helpful to you this holiday season.

Useful Gift Ideas for the Elderly

Nonskid socks—Seniors are often cold, so warm socks are great gift ideas for the elderly on your shopping list. The nonskid socks that have grippers on the bottom are the best gift ideas for the elderly because they offer a little extra traction that can help keep often-unsteady elderly people from falling and injuring themselves.

You can usually find these in an assortment of colors at department or discount stores for just a few dollars per pair. But you can also find them online. For example, at Amazon.com, you can buy three pairs of high-quality nonskid socks made by Crescent Moon for $24.99. These are called ExerSocks, and they are nice gift ideas for the elderly because they have extra cushioning on the soles.

Tabletop Playing Cardholders and Easy-to-Read Cards—Sometimes seniors like to play card games but have trouble holding or seeing the cards, so cardholders and jumbo-faced cards are great gift ideas for the elderly. If the seniors on your shopping list like to play a mean game of canasta, bridge or poker, visit Wellhaven.com, a Web site that specializes in products for senior citizens.

Search for item number 30-120-2007, which is a set of two blue, plastic cardholders that can hold up to 15 playing cards fan-style. You’ll pay just $7.99 for the set. For another $7.99, you can buy two decks of jumbo-faced playing cards to go with the cardholders. These have very large numbers and faces on them so those with failing eyesight can easily read them. The cards are item number 30-110-3007.