text: gift for my 80-year-old great aunt? my great-aunt whom i am very close to just turned 80. we are having a huge party for her on saturday, and i want to get her the perfect gift. she doesn't have any kids and isn't married, so my sister and i are like her grandkids and it's important that i get something meaningful and useful. any ideas? does she have a cell phone?  you could get her one with pre-paid minutes at wal-mart.  that way she could call you all when she wanted and there is also a level of safety for her too.  the have a new cell phone called jitterbug it has bigger numbers and it easier for older people to operate.  http://www.jitterbug.com/promotions/101106_landing.asp  teach her how to operate the phone and she will appreciate the safety of a phone at her fingertips.  also,  ladies of a certain age like candy (a big box of good candy), perfume (find out her favorite, some lovely house slippers i got these goody bon bons for my mother-in-law she is 85 and she adores them:http://thedesignpatch.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?screen=ctgy&category_code=gg-bb  try to find out what she wants and needs.    perhaps a locket with photos of everyone or a photo album with everyone's photos of old times and new.  a soft warm robe for winter or some nice night gowns.  does she like to read?  or watch tv - a subscription to a favorite magazine.  does she have cable tv?  she might enjoy dish network or cable.   does she have a simple computer she can send email on?  older people really love sending emails and going on chat boards for seniors.  coupons for your to help her with chores.  gift certificates to the beauty shop for hair and nail sessions.  my grandmother used to love nantucket briar lotion and perfume products by crabtree & evelyn. when i smell it today; i can remember her so vividly.  http://www.amazon.com/crabtree-evelyn-nantucket-scented-lotion/dp/b00022vpau  http://store.crabtree-evelyn.com/nan307162.html  a gift basket with all sorts of goodies for her that you pack yourself or get a good gift basket company to make for you.  food gifts from harry & david:  http://www.harryanddavid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/bechomepageview?storeid=10051&catalogid=10002&langid=-1  harry & david are the best i have been using them for years to gift and also send a gift to myself now and then.  they have fantastic truffles.