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My mom is now bedridden and has 24 hour caregivers. The caregivers are self employed and are amazing. I want to give them each a holiday gift. Extra money is the obvious, but if I do that, I have no idea what is appropriate. I’d love to give a tangible gift too. Any ideas?
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Money (not a gift card) is always best. If you want to do something tangible a nice quality water bottle is usually appreciated or if you want to be extra creative, get them some comfy slippers and fill the slippers with comfort items like chapstick, hot cocoa packet, microwave popcorn, soft socks, movie sized candy, etc. That can be a gift on its own or you can also add the money to the goodies or in a card to go with.
Be sure they know the money is there though. Once at work, we were packing up clothes to give a family in need and we had some cash that was donated. We put the cash in a card on top of the clothing and someone put more clothes on top of the card and the whole pile, cash and all was accidentally donated to Goodwill by someone who picked up the wrong box.
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You can also get Netflix or Amazon.com gift cards, usually in other convenient places, like your local food store, or Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
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Wolfpack, you give what you feel you can easily budget for, be it $25 gift card to Target, or $100 check to each caregiver. What ever you feel comfortable in giving.

When I had caregivers for my Dad, I gave Target gift cards. The amount wasn't that much as they had just started being Dad's helpers. Next Christmas I gave more.

As for a tangible gift, a warm fuzzy throw blanket is always appreciated :)
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