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Robin Gladstein's avatar

These lists are incredibly important and helpful! Please re-post at all the gift-giving holidays! You never know when YOUR family will be the one that needs them. (My sister recently passed after 8+ years with early-onset Alzheimer's, and I can vouch for so many of them 😢)

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Michelle Camisa's avatar

Noise cancelling headphones are always my #1 recommendation when someone asks me what was the best thing during chemo. Just being able to stay in my own world helped so much in an infusion center!

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Jessica's avatar

I can't thank you enough for your ongoing commitment to this. My in-laws aren't particularly senior, but do suffer a lot of health issues like the examples you've mentioned, so I appreciate how above all you've made this an accessibility-focused guide. My own parents are now in their late 70s/early 80s, and though they are incredibly fortunate and healthy, they're still tough to buy for and traditional gift guides just don't hit. Like yeah, they're a Mom and Dad, but the gift guides labeled as such are written with millennial and Gen X parents, in their 30s and 40s, in mind. They just don't need/want the same things! And at the later stages of life, people aren't generally outfitting households or even upgrading to the "nice" version of something. They've got all that stuff already (and are probably trying to downsize, simplify, and get rid of a lot it)!

Your guides are really helping me get insight into the types of things that both sets of parents can actually benefit from at their current stages of life... things that they wouldn't know about, or wouldn't think to ask for, and won't be destined to be more clutter. This is also so useful for forecasting potential future needs. It's helping me be more aware of some of cool/techy/new (or even sometimes surprisingly basic!) helper tools out there, so as a need arises, it's much easier/quicker to suggest various adjustments and accommodations. As a chronic over-thinker and researcher, who can easily spend hours and days getting lost in some insane rabbit hole, that's more valuable to me than you can know!

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Corey Ann's avatar

Heather is amazing and has the best guides for shopping!

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Heather Tomko's avatar

Oh, yay! Disability + ACOTAR = my perfect legacy!

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Laura's avatar

This gift guide is so well thought out and so helpful!!! Thank you so much!!!!

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Kate's avatar

I think I comment this every year, but I'm a former dialysis social worker, now transplant social worker and I love that you do these gift guides. So many good ideas to recommend to patients throughout the year too!

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Deepika's avatar

Really appreciate everything you do! It means a lot to me that you share your journey and challenges so openly. I've bookmarked these gift guides to revisit throughout the year. Lots of love xo

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Becky Ubry's avatar

I’m an occupational therapist and have post concussion syndrome myself and saved a few of these ideas to my own wishlist!

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