The best gifts for women 70 and over

Lower resolution than the Aura Carver at 1280 x 800, and the better buy for a recipient whose broadband is unreliable, because it does not depend on a continuous connection to keep displaying photographs. The matte board around the screen also helps it read as a picture frame rather than a tablet. Skylight Plus at around $39 a year unlocks HD video and scheduling.

The blend is the point: merino for structure, cashmere for the hand, which gives you warmth without the limpness of pure cashmere at this price. Quince sells direct and prices accordingly — a comparable Johnstons of Elgin throw costs several times more. You are trading provenance and mill heritage for the same fibres, and for a gift that is usually the right trade.

A 7-inch screen holds a paragraph together at 200 per cent font size in a way the 6-inch Kobo cannot, and stated battery life runs to around twelve weeks. Buy it if the recipient already has an Amazon library, because that transfers and nothing else on this page outweighs it. Pay the extra to remove the lock-screen advertisements — handing someone a present with adverts on it is a false economy.

A blank, well-bound recipe book with prompts for who each recipe came from and when it was last cooked. Two specifications matter: sewn binding rather than glued, so it survives living open on a worktop, and coated stock that takes a wet thumb. Everything else is what you write in it — and that is the actual gift.

Unromantic and among the most-used things we recommend. Two specifications decide quality: a verified automatic shut-off, and a liner that unzips and machine washes. One genuine safety note that applies to every product in this category — for diabetic neuropathy or any reduced sensation in the feet, use the lowest setting only.