Howdy Joan
I the Canadian Sear's catalogue has a selection of items for people with
special needs.  1-800-267-3277  or try www.sears.ca
Happy Shopping!
Kelly in Calgary
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From: joan carol urquhart <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: Non PD: holiday gift ideas (long)


> Season's Greetings to all,
>
> I am trying to build a pd holiday wish list for my mother
> who is 80 (diagnosed 15 years ago).
> Short of wishing to make her parinson's disappear,
> can anyone help me out?
> For any Canadians on the list,
> are there any Canadian stores to order items from?
>
> The following wish list is a small one that I found at the site I've
listed
> (I have no affiliation with this site, its sponsors or the stores it
> names)...
>
> www.parkinsonsinfo.com/about_parkinsons/holiday_wish_list.html
>
>
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> A Holiday Wish List
>
>       ***   With the holidays at hand, here are several inexpensive
> gift-giving suggestions     that can help make life a little easier for
> loved ones with Parkinson's disease.
>
> 1.  A small, battery-powered-alarm pill box  (can be purchased at many
> drugstores to help take the worry out of complicated medication
schedules).
>
> 2.  A speaker phone or a telephone headset  (like those used by telephone
> operators and office receptionists, can enable PD patients to talk on the
> telephone free of hand tremors).
>
> 3.  An intercom system or portable walkie-talkies  (can offer the added
> security of being able to keep in contact with others in the house).
>
> 4.  Magic Markers® or large-tip felt pens  (can help compensate for
> "shrinking"  handwriting).
>
> In addition to these items, Sears Roebuck and Co and JC Penney Co Inc
offer
> catalogs featuring bath and body therapy products, fitness and wheelchair
> equipment, and a complete line of fashionable, innovative clothing with
> full-length Velcro® closures. To receive the JC Penney Special Needs
catalog
> call 1-800-222-6161. The Sears Home Health Care catalog can be ordered by
> calling 1-800-326-1750.
>
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>
>
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>
> WIshing everyone a pleasant holiday on or off the list,
> Joan U.
> (way up in Canada where the sun is sparkling
> on freshly fallen show
> and some of us are counting our blessings by saying this prayer...
>
> "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage
to
> change the things we can and wisdom to know the difference" )
>