I am looking for ideas on how to celebrate my dad's birthday. He is in a nursing home. He can still walk with help, he has partial memory loss. I will be having the birthday at my house with close family members. I have to take him back to the nursing home within a period of three hours so that is the time I have.
By Grisel
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Some ideas for your Father's Birthday would be: First food. I mean little snacks that won't go stale such as life savers, lemon drops etc. Older people usually have dry mouth resulting in bad breath, so little candies are always nice. If he is a sweets person, home-made cookies, or a piece of his favorite flavor cake. (I think most men like apple/spice flavors.) A little bottle of fruit juice.
A box of those super aloe moisturized kleenex tissues, (or Puffs.) Get the best expensive ones. Put a bow on top. Older people have a problem with a drippy nose for some reason.
If he needs glasses for reading, a pair of dollar store glasses do really work, and approved my my eye doctor. Probably a 2.75 strength. (If he is near sighted he may not need glasses for reading, and they wouldn't help him see afar at all!)
There is a magazine out there with the most beautiful pictures of birds. The pages are glossy and all the pictures are wonderful. I don't know the name of it, but if you Google "bird magazine" you can probably find the name of it. A National Graphic would be nice. Any magazine with lots of beautiful pictures would be great. Most older people can't concentrate very long reading articles, but like to escape their confinement through pictures.
Then there are the toiletries. An unusual and nice shaving cream such as Aveno (sp). Something extra nice that he has never used before would be a treat. A hypo-allergenic bar of soap such as Basis. Older people's skin gets thin and soaps are harsh.
It takes one to know one. (older person. ha.)
I would make a slide show of pictures and show them on a big blank wall where everyone can see of different stages of his life while raising his family. He might enjoy reliving some of those memories and ask him what he remembers about some of the events (have him interact with you and his guests rather than just to sit there).
This could turn out to be one of the most wonderful birthdays he has ever had:-) and a great way for you to show him what a wonderful life and family he has earned.
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