Gift for staff at Assisted Living?

I am so sorry for your loss.

My husbands company owns an assisted living facility and really, just sending a thank you is enough. If you really must send something else, how about a plant with a nice card?

Oh thats a good idea!

I have sent a fruit basket....or brought home baked goodies.

As someone who works in Healthcare we appreciate anything. Esp a note of support. If you really want to give something to all, then having a nice lunch brought in for the day and night shift would be nice. Subway sandwiches, something like that. Something store bought. We get a bit leery on home baked stuff. Also plants are iffie. That means we have to take care of them. Which can get touchy. esp if it dies.
A nice deli plattter, or fruit basket is also very nice.

I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs and prayers said for your family.


We just had this happen as well. My grandma was in a care facility for about 3 months. She passeds away this past Sunday. The staff took fabulous care of her, and one of the nurses came to her service Friday. Our family made a donation to the hospice care there, since ost things there are purchased with donations. Other than that, maybe make cookies, or something?

Send an assortment of packaged snacks that way different shifts can easily grab on their shift. My staff love it when I fill the snack box with things they can grab on the fly. Chips, combos, protein bars, granola bars, fruit snacks, crackers, things like that. Keurig K-Cups if they have a Keurig, also packages of hot chocolate mix go over well. And truly a thank you note to them and their Administration of it's worth a lot. If you're so inclined, type or write it up on a big sheet of paper so it can be put up and easily seeing rather than someone stopping to read a small card that they might overlook.

Another thought is to ask the owner of the ALF if they need a piece of equipment, or a luxury item for staff. ie a keurig, a blender, new toaster, coffee pot ,Echo to play music. Something to make everyone's daily lives easier.

Some good suggestions here. I’d go with a large dessert tray that would last through all shifts.

I think a catered meal for each shift would be well received, or 1-2 large fruit baskets with enough for all shifts. At a place like that the afternoon and evening shifts have a harder job since some of the residents experience sundowning and are more difficult to settle at night, so I would want to make sure those staff members know they are appreciated.

We sent a giant basket of cookies to the facility my dad had lived for 4 years. I don't remember if it was Harry & David or something like that, but I just wanted them to know how much I appreciated them. I also send a letter to be shared with all the staff.

The day after my husband passed away in ICU I sent 4 large pizzas and a huge tray of garden salad with rolls at around 2:00 in the afternoon. The nurse who came to his celebration of life said that it was very well received and appreciated. Our niece, an ICU nurse, brought a bag of goodies from Trader Joe’s for the staff. She included cookies, chocolates, chips and salsa and popcorn. They all over it.