Are you Christmas or holiday shopping for a friend or family member who is living with Alzheimer's or dementia? Browse our expert-vetted holiday gift ideas for loved ones — and their caregivers.
Here are some of Being Patient’s favorite gift ideas for people with dementia during the holiday season, designed specifically for people living with dementia that can be helpful, calming or stress-relieving, whether they’re intended to spur memories, inspire social interaction, or provide comfort and anxiety relief.
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Gifts for the Caregiver in Your Life
This season, family caregivers are feeling more overworked, exhausted, anxious, depressed and sleep-deprived than ever. If you’re shopping up holiday gifts this season, here are a few of our favorite gift ideas for caregivers.
Gifts for the Bookshelf
Being Patient helps to create clarity around Alzheimer’s, dementia and related complex brain health issues by connecting our community of readers directly with trusted experts. In doing so, we do quite a bit of reading. Browse the books we love. And don’t forget to support local and independent bookstores! You can still do this when you shop online thanks to sites like bookshop.org.