Universal advice how to make a holiday interesting and memorable for any elderly person, alas, does not exist. After all, the older a person, the stronger is his individuality. Therefore, family celebration should be arranged, focusing on the nature of the originator of the celebration. For one important will be expensive gifts and a rich table - "so that everything is like people's." And the other because of expensive gifts will only be upset: "Oh, why did they spend it, but I do not need anything ..." One grandmother will gladly drink some liquor and sing under karaoke, and another elderly lady will be delighted if to her house the hairdresser will come and make her an elegant hairstyle for the right holiday for the elderly.
When planning a family celebration , consider the elderly people's age. It is difficult for us to accept the fact that parents are getting old - they become forgetful, quickly get tired, do not like innovations and surprises, grumble over trifles or suddenly start to be capricious, like children. Do not be offended by this. To pre-holiday fuss did not deprive them of peace of mind, it is better to warn in advance about the planned celebration.
Often grandchildren know little about how their grandparents lived before retirement. Therefore, the preparation for the holiday should begin with the collection of information. As much as possible, find out about the past of your elderly relatives: where grandmother was born and grew, what her parents did. How and where she met her future husband. He worked as a grandfather, where he served. Learn how the events that affected the whole country affected the fate of your loved ones. Look at the old photos together, help to decompose them by year and by topic, if it is not already done. Be considerate and delicate. Everyone in life has had events that are painful or unpleasant for him to remember. But everyone has something that he is proud of: for example, he graduated from school with a medal, had a discharge in shooting, participated in the first KVN. Certificates, gratitudes, diplomas, awards and medals often lie in the closet, undeservedly forgotten. Ask your relatives what songs they listened to, what movies they went to so many times that they put on the table during their youth. Only in this way you will know what to please a loved one!
Tips cook and doctor
When arranging a holiday, be sure to consider the state of health of an elderly person. Provide psychological preparation for the celebration. Discuss with the grandparents the scenario that you are planning, the menu and the duration of the event. Your old people should be able to prepare themselves morally, gather strength. It is impossible to allow that joyful excitement, caused by general attention, ended in an hypertensive crisis. Here, even a pleasant surprise can become dangerous, and tears of gratitude and affection then turn into insomnia or, even worse, depression. Older people quickly become tired, but they are often ashamed to show it. Do not put them in an embarrassing situation: complete the holiday before the culprit of the celebration gets out of power. If to it it is more than 70, it is necessary to consult to the doctor who will prompt how to dose physical and emotional loadings.
It's important to make a right menu
Elderly person, who prescribed a strict diet, it will be insulting to sit at the festive table, not being able to taste most of the dishes. And if alcohol is forbidden, it is better to be younger, referring to your own well-being, to have a tea party. Do the culprit of the event have diabetes? Cover the table using only diet products. Today, diabetics produce delicious cakes, cookies and sweets that everyone will like.
A holiday according to the script
And now we offer several scenarios of the right holidays for the elderly, which can serve as a starting point for your imagination.
Photo chronicles of the family
The holiday is based on significant moments in the life of the originator of the celebration and involves the use of photographs. The celebration should take place in a narrow family circle, but necessarily with the participation of all generations of the family and its new members - the daughter-in-law, the sons-in-law. In the center of attention are important milestones of the biography of a grandmother or grandfather, illustrated with photographs and documents. It will look great computer presentation, displayed on the TV screen. For this, photos and documents will need to be digitized beforehand and processed to improve the quality of the image. Such services are now provided by many photo studios. One must be sure that an elderly person, looking at these old pictures, will experience only positive emotions. But they should not be excessive! Let the story is led by one of the elders, the son or daughter of the originator of the celebration.
The presentation should not take more than 10-20 minutes. Older people tend to "get stuck" in memories, from which they themselves become tired and frustrated.
Perhaps an elderly person will be pleased to recall the songs of his youth. And again, make sure that they do not have heavy memories! The younger family members, who are friends with the computer, easily download old tunes on the net. Music from past years will be an excellent soundtrack for dinner or viewing old photos. Old people will certainly be pleased to hear the voices of Lydia Ruslanova, Leonid Utyosov, Claudia Shulzhenko and those performers that young people have not even heard of!
Carpet plane
Throughout life, many people have changed their place of residence more than once. Sometimes the dreams of seeing the regions where youth has passed again are still unachievable for old people ... Visiting a small homeland - places where a person grew or studied can become a wonderful and unforgettable event. Of course, provided that the transfer will allow the health. Travel should be carefully planned. To sign off with relatives and old friends, one of them, perhaps, will be able to find in "Classmates". Booking a hotel. In advance to take care of tickets to the theater, the premiere of which my grandmother tried not to miss in her younger years. And do not forget to take a camera with you: this trip must be captured! A lot of joy will be delivered to "travelers as a youth" and renewal of contacts with old friends.
Meeting friends
A distant journey to your old people is too much? They, like their old friends-friends, do not go any further than the nearest grocery store? Do not spend money on a rich meal that does not please the elderly person - "here in our time cakes (sausage, champagne, etc.) were better made, do not compare with the present!" Do not give a modern technique - many old people then dust in the corner, covered with a lacy napkin. It is better to pay a taxi to your house and back to grandma's girlfriends or grandfather's colleagues. Help them to see - perhaps this is the last meeting of people who have been friends for many years. And maybe someone can come from another city? A paid train, a warm welcome at the train station, a carefully prepared room will help the elderly person to gather with spirit and decorate with his presence grandmother's jubilee. In the company of old friends and cake, and champagne again become tasty, and grandmother's eyes - young.
Three generations
Family celebration for the elderly heroes, in the preparation of which the whole family participates? You are welcome! These are wall newspapers from children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This is a joke contest: who will find a grandfather in a school photo faster. This competition: who will better prepare a favorite dish of heroes. Speak the toasts in honor of the old people. Give useful gifts - better created by own hands. Make a family photo at the festive table, which will be nice to put in a frame and then show the neighbor. Our grandmothers and grandfathers need vitamins most: B - gratitude, B - attention and of course L - this is our love. Such a holiday, uniting people of different generations, is necessary both for the old people and for us with you.