Best Gift for Elderly Mom on Mother's Day!
What Could Be a Perfect Gift for Her?
Does your mother have difficulty driving and shopping?
Rather than buying her a gift card, drive her to shop for her Mother's Day gift. Drive her to her next doctor, dental or eye appointment. Pick up her prescriptions for her. Drive her to a hair or nail appointment. Better yet, wash and style her hair, and give her a manicure and pedicure in her home! Check the oil, air and gas in her car. Get her car washed. Buy Mom postage stamps for bill paying. Buy Mom a bus ticket if she still uses public transportation. Make Mom a gift; nothing is more personal than something hand-made!
Does your mother have difficulty with household chores?
Change Mom's air conditioning filters. Replace light bulbs. Vacuum her carpet. Mop her floor. Clean her refrigerator. Change her bed linens weekly. If you can afford it, buy Mom a cleaning service. Alter Mom's clothes. Move furniture. Replace batteries in the smoke alarm. Plant veggies or flowers in her garden or patio pot. Paint a scuffed wall. Hose off her patios. Help Mom hang family photos. Help Mom create family scrapbooks and albums.
Does your mother now have difficulty cooking for herself?
The Meals on Wheels program provides healthy meals for seniors with mobility issues. Give them a call. Take her a favorite meal. My mother loved green bean casserole, homemade chili and brownies, so every few weeks, I'd prepare and take them over to her.
Personal contact is important
Give Mom hugs. Tell Mom you love her often. Hold her hand. Document her personal stories in writing or on a tape recorder. Years from now, the stories can be played, or added to on-line genealogy trees. Make her an album of her favorite photos. Enlarge the photos if Mom's eyesight is failing.
The list of personal things to do for an aging mother can go on and on..just pick one to get started! Enclose a handmade "Good for...coupon" in her Mother's Day card. When a mother receives the personal touch from her Daughter or Son, it can mean so much more than any purchased gift! You'll think of special ways to make Mom happy!
Mom passed away this February, so we three kids no longer have personal gifts to give her. But our memories remain and console us in knowing that she received the personal touch!
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