Fun Autumn Holidays to Celebrate with Your Senior Loved Ones

Treating Your Special Senior Loved One to a Fun Day in the Fall

Holidays are always great times to catch up with your older loved ones, but your senior parents or grandparents might not necessarily be up for a Labor Day barbecue or beach day. So what are some fun Autumn holidays that you can celebrate with your senior loved ones, taking the time to meet them where they’re at and enjoy life on their terms?

Better Breakfast Month

That’s right! September, October, and November has great holidays to celebrate. September has actually been designated as Better Breakfast Month! First, Breakfast has long been considered the most important meal of the day, and this can be especially important for seniors who may need proper nutrition. In addition, Better Breakfast Month is a great excuse to plan regular Sunday breakfasts to ensure good eating habits. Second, it is great to Celebrate time with Your Senior Loved Ones. Make it an extra fun way to bring the family together, have a great start to the day!

Happy Cat Month

While National Cat Day comes at the end of October, Happy Cat Month lasts all September long! Celebrate by bringing your cat to visit your senior loved one, or bringing your senior loved one to visit your cat. If neither of you has a cat, this might be the opportunity to visit a local shelter and find a cat companion for your older loved one. If your senior family member’s living arrangements allow for cats, they can be a great idea. After all, they are fantastic companions, lowering blood pressure, alleviating depression and curing loneliness.

Piano Month

September is also piano month! Piano is one of the grandest of musical instruments. If you don’t have a piano or no one in your family plays, you could always take your senior loved one to a piano store here in Portland! Music has been found to be incredibly therapeutic for young and old alike.

National Grandparent’s Day

National Grandparent’s Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day. This day is a great opportunity for families to connect. The following are ideas you can start with:

Take a photo of multiple generations.
Come up with an activity that grandparents do then as a family join them for a time.
This is the moment to let your senior parents or grandparents know how much they are loved.
Honor them with a visit.
Craft a homemade or write something meaningful in a store-bought card.
Concoct a favorite little treat in your kitchen together.
Send them a special recorded message, zoom meeting, or conference call to hear them and see them, or a loving phone call.

National Miniature Golf Day

September 21^st is National Miniature Golf Day, and a terrific excuse to get your senior loved one out of the house to celebrate a sport that almost every person of any age can enjoy: mini golf!

Ask a Stupid Question Day

September 28^th is “Ask a Stupid Question Day,”. Originally invented in the 1980s to help students overcome their fear of asking questions. Now, an opportunity to connect with your senior loved one! Play games like: who can answer “stupid” questions for their grandchildren. Or Who can make up the best stupid question. Picking up a board game takes you off the hook to come up with questions about modern technology, current pop stars, or internet. As a result, we have hand picked a few of our favorite questions to consider:

What are three things you could buy at a grocery store to make your cashier give you weird looks?
If you could replace all of the grass in the world with something else, what would it be and why?
If animals could talk, which species would be rudest of them all?
If you could merge two different animals to create an ultimate animal, what two animals would it be and what would you name their product?

Getting the Right Kind of Elder Care for Your Loved Ones

It’s always great to celebrate Fun Autumn Holidays with loved ones. This is especially true for older loved ones who you may worry about. First, it is important to know they are cared for when you can’t be there. If you’re looking for the right living arrangement for your senior loved one in the Portland Metro or Northern California area, Golden Placements can help. We put seniors together with the right living situations every day, whether they need assisted living, intermediate nursing care or a retirement community. In conclusion, you’d like to learn more about finding a great, supportive place for your senior loved one to make their home. Learn how; contact Golden Placement Services today.

Resources: Read more from the Golden Girls Senior Placement Specialists: Find Care Facilities for Your Loved One

Here are some resources to help you learn more about preventing seniors from weather related issues this season. Fall can be Hot or Cold and Wet in the Pacific Northwest:

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Delaney is the founder of Golden Placement Services. She began this business with a healthy dose of compassion for helping families make educated decisions regarding senior placement. Focused to relieve stress in uncertain senior housing crucial moments. Diane brings about loving change of lifestyle with grace. Diane is an accomplished executive manager, Director of Operations in senior housing. She enjoys sharing her experience by writing about the full spectrum of the transition process for seniors and family members. Read more from Senior Placement Specialist Diane: Ultimate Senior Living Resource Guide >>

LaVona Tombrelin, Senior Placement Specialist

Tombrelin brings a high level of education and experience to you as your Senior Placement Specialist at GPS. She loves writing about improving the lives of Elderly working in private care and in-home care for over 36 years. Geriatrics, Memory Care. Plus holds Master of Psychology Behavioral Health with the goal of advocating for those who needed a voice. Helping the families to make good decisions and to relieve their stress in uncertain times makes life worthwhile.

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