Nursing Home Resident Gifts

Each year, nurses and assisted living facilities must meet the challenge of gift ideas for their residence. In an attempt to make this task a bit 'easier, here are some ideas for gifts and a couple of ways, such as your residence that you plan to distribute gifts to your institution.

Give each resident cut a paper image of Christmas (tree, bell, angel, star) and ask them to write on the back, his name and a couple of thingshow could they, maybe some things they need. These can then to a wall, bulletin boards, or a Christmas tree and the staff can be made to take them and use them to buy gifts for the residents.

Maybe you want a limit of $ 10 or so, or this could be quite expensive. A list should be maintained, the name and residence of the staff they have chosen. Do not you want to find in the last minute, some residents who were missing. It may be helpfulhave purchased the gifts brought in a couple of days before being passed, only to go through the list to be sure that all into account.

If there is a possibility that staff may not want to buy for some people, for whatever personal reasons, perhaps collecting the names would be better anonymously. You could draw names from a hat. Anonymous the idea a step further, you can only choose male or female staff, and then get every resident, which isgift for her gender, rather than in specific terms for them. It could also be an idea to be having some of these types of gifts for new residents when they arrive at your home, who came to your lists. Do not really miss someone.

If there are just too many people on staff, to shop, see if they contribute to organizations such as churches or Boy Scouts.

Another gift idea is the common fight against some nice baskets,can be drawn. The lots are fairly easy to do with a computer and printer and stapled together. The baskets can be like "Beauty" with lotions and soaps, or "Movies" with popcorn, cotton candy, a DVD movie, etc. The cards could be sold for a dollar or two families in which residents come to visit, or buffet will be Scouts were able to sell for you. The money could help buy gifts for the residents as well, or pay for some of the Christmas holiday.

Giftseach resident room may be taken or given by Santa at a Christmas party.

You might also enjoy was distributing the gifts to a party if you could send out a big plastic cube, the more people in turn. If you have a number selected for the special game, like throwing a 4, for example, can choose the gift wrapped gifts under the tree. These should be labeled male or female. Then it might be added some time after the gifts have all been selected and the firstare decompressed, round for an exchange. If a number of other is rolled, the resident may choose to exchange with another person or to maintain what they have. Game over when time is up.

Gift Ideas

This is also good gift ideas for seniors who are not in a nursing facility.

Cheap gift ideas:

Stuffed animals
Clothing
Pajamas
Sweaters
Shoes
Socks
Slippers
Scarves
Hats
Gloves
Underwear
Nagel Polish
Books (fiction, history, hobby specific, large print, audio, images)
Magazines
puzzle books (word search / crossword)
Puzzle
Box of greeting cards (you can use year-round to write friends)
stationary
Pins
Games
Music CD
Craft Articles
Tissue
Lotions
Soap
Candy
Chocolate
Cookies
Coupons
Card Game
Plaques
Calendar
tag Grooming
personal photo albums
Fashion Jewelry
Craft Kit

Expensive giftIdeas>:

Disposable camera (and development)
Audio books (if you can find or download are cheap)
DVD (old TV series like Gunsmoke, I Love Lucy, etc.)
CD (nature sounds, old radios, as shown by the time Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, etc.)
Stock Exchange
Portfolio
Bible
Bathrobe
Lap robe
Jackets
Afghan or Blanket
Magnifiers
Reading lights
Bird feeders
Decorative or ornamental boxes for special items or jewelry
Frames
Radio
Watches
If it is notthe exact gift that the Spirit works to residents or senior you have, you can start a help to you. Many of these gift ideas can be useful to them individually a bit 'more.