 JOAN’S BLOG – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 – HOLIDAY TIP #4- WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE GIFT? You thought this Blog was going to be about appropriate gifts for your AD spouse, didn’t you? We’ll get to that next time. This is about YOU. You do it ALL
3.PAMPERING – My number one request every year is a gift certificate for a massage. Nothing de-stresses like an hour of soft music, light fragrances, dim lighting, and expert hands kneading the kinks out of your tight, stress laden muscles ©Copyright 2008 Joan Gershman Feedback to joan@thealzheimerspouse.com
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– the laundry, cooking, home repairs, homework help (for those of you with children at home), driving, organizing, remembering and thinking for both of you, working, nursing duties. So what would be some appropriate gifts 
for you? I heartily agree with these recommendations by experts. Get out your pens
and make your lists:
, so you can get out by yourself. Ask for a “gift certificate” for a few days at a respite care facility for your spouse. 
; to change all the batteries in the smoke detectors
(We have 11 foot ceilings – I surely can’t get up on a ladder to do that job!); to help clean out the garage; to change light bulbs
; to pay for a season’s worth of snow plowing
; to do whatever jobs you haven’t had the time or energy to do. 
. Gift certificates for facials
, manicures, and pedicures 
are also high on the list. You DO NOT HAVE TO BE A 
WOMAN to enjoy these gifts.