Gift for 98 year old Gran

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Looking for ideas for my 98, almost 99 year old Gran. She is severely arthritic, so jigsaw puzzles etc aren’t really appropriate. Lives with my mum so doesn’t need much for around the house. She likes doing word puzzles, bird watching, and she’s still fairly active (goes to Wi, groups etc). Always says not to get her anything! We’ve done the usual hot water bottles, pillows, scarves etc over the years.

A monocular or binocular for watching the birds?

My gran was slightly younger but we always gave her posh items, like marrons glacé or bath Oliver biscuits. Sh was very disciplined so o box of posh chocolates would last a month.

The only thing my Grab really appreciates these days is a really nice bouquet of flowers.

If she likes word puzzles, have you given her a word search book based on the year she was born? Or just “nostalgia” based themes? This has been hugely successful with my partner’s 98 year old relative and it was suggested on here 😊 Amazon has loads of these, many large print.

Vouchers for afternoon tea somewhere fancy, if she's still mobile and has a good appetite.

I would give her a 'voucher' to go out for tea and cake! At that age she probably wants to spend time with you rather than have a gift she maybe wont use

-Bird feeder and seed for the garden
-Bird bath
-Stuffed dates https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/hand-filled-medjool-dates-selection/p/fdp60520686
-Glace fruit or glace marrons. Lakeland also do a similar, but smaller version https://walnut.gifts/product/award-winning-glace-fruit-gift-box/
-Bottle or sherry or a tipple she likes
-Voucher to take her for a meal out locally
-Cinema tickets
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cashmere bed socks - White Company

My gran died at 103! I always bought her chanel
number 5 soap.

Pedicure/manicure? Much loved by my gran in her mid 80’s.

Mine absolutely loved some new bone china mugs

I’ve said this on another thread - I bought my 99 yr old gran a scratch card and a helium balloon and she bloody loved it. She said she hadn’t had her own balloon since she was a child. And then she won a fiver!!

I get my elderly mum consumables. This year got her posh biscuits and very posh Turkish delight. She loves things like this as she always says she doesnt need anything for her home. I will sometimes get an m&s voucher so she can buy nice food for herself that her neighbour collects for her.

If she's not housebound absolutely an afternoon tea or lunch out. That age people don't want stuff generally

Her favourite tipple?

We get 94 yr old MIL books as she's still an avid reader...subscription to pod castes or audio books?

Bright red lipstick in a gold case. Our daughter bought one for her 91 year old gran. We were a bit like, what? She bloody loved it!

we made a photo calendar of her great-grandchildren for my partners 98 year old grandma last year. She loves it and talked about it all year! so much so that we have made her another one with this years photos for this Christmas

My nana is 101, I got her one of them window bird feeders you stick on the outside of your window

Electric/rechargeable hot water bottle.

Cashmere socks, a really posh and plush throw or blanket, macarons, a membership for something like national trust for walking? Bird calendar or diary / notepad, book to do with birds, a nice tea set, her favourite perfume.

We used to get my husband's Nan an Amaryllis every year. It was such a hit, everyone stole our idea and she git several every year. It's a really nice thing to watch grow in January and the blooms are beautiful.

Bird feeder that sticks to the window in the room she sits in most often, so she can see them close up

Heated blanket. They do nice ones in Lakeland.

My grandmother is the same age, and always says not to get her anything! Consumables tend to get given away, because people give her biscuits and chocolates and things in vast quantities. Flowers end up all over the house, and in pint glasses when she runs out of vases. However, she appreciates good whiskey, Fenjal products, vouchers for meals out/foot spas, and going for a day out somewhere!