I got my mother a microwaveable teddy bear (safer than a hot water bottle), which for a short time was useful for keeping her warm last winter, and also encouraged her to learn how to use the microwave which she'd been so annoyed to see when it appeared in her kitchen without her consent. For a while she was very fond of it and treated it as a baby, or a friend, it was "Gordon", "my baby bear" and she told me "it isn't a real bear you know", but then it suddenly turned into a "bad bear" and had to be thoroughly thumped and thrown out of bed, was several times rescued from the rubbish bin.
I'm still using it, and using up all her lotions and potions, talc etc. The new nighties disappeared in hospital.
I think the presents that had most lasting value for her were indoor plants, hyacinths and an amaryllis which really did start flowering exactly 9 weeks after being taken out of its box.
She threw away 10 albums of photos shortly before we realised she had dementia.
Lila
I'm still using it, and using up all her lotions and potions, talc etc. The new nighties disappeared in hospital.
I think the presents that had most lasting value for her were indoor plants, hyacinths and an amaryllis which really did start flowering exactly 9 weeks after being taken out of its box.
She threw away 10 albums of photos shortly before we realised she had dementia.
Lila