Another question about suitable gifts

[Bellasorella1]

My mum was in a nursing home for 8 years, and recently passed away from corona. Initially the home was excellently run but, in more recent years, a change of manager and admin staff caused a few issues. Also, to be frank I feel communication around my mother’s condition was appallingly handled.

That said, she was there for such a long time and there were some great carers I would like to recognise, ideally individually. They are working so hard and are not well paid. What is the best way to do this?

Vouchers if you know their names post through the door to them each in a thank you card. Or general thank you card with multiple vouchers inside for a local store like Tesco ? Amazon?

What sort of amount would be appropriate? At Christmas I have taken sweets or biscuits for the staff and given a couple of key workers £25 M&S vouchers. I am very aware there would be night staff (for instance) who would have interacted mum but I had never seen. I did ask the manager for the names of any other staff to thank in the eulogy and after some hesitation she came up with a couple of names. I will recheck names with another member of staff once I’ve decided how to proceed. It is tricky because obviously I can’t visit while lock down continues.

Mum’s birthday is in December and I would usually arrange for a cake and party food for her ward and a couple of times for an entertainer. I was also considering doing this again this year if lockdown is lifted.

As an aside, I recall a friend who worked at a similar home got in trouble for accepting a gift from a resident’s family (physical item from the resident’s former home). I’m really keen to express my gratitude but not cause offence or breach any rules.

Not the same situation but our nursery has closed down because of this. We made a hamper with lots of treats they could share out, like cans of G&T, cocktails, mini wine bottles, fancy biscuits, mini green and blacks bars etc

Yes accepting gifts supposedly should be declared ( the value) for tax purposes, but no one does this for £25 voucher. I would of thought a few £10 vouchers to share would work, if you trust the manager to share out or individually give.--

I've only worked one place that had an issue with it. If they thought someone was sending a gift to you they would open the parcel in the post room and keep it. Very embarrassing when you don't even know someone's got you something so can't thank them. The company would raffle the gifts every so often for charity to make them sound nice. Who wants to pay to win a gift back.