If living alone, preparing some home-cooked meals in individual serving size to put in the freezer.
Is there some treat he likes but wouldn’t buy for himself (e.g., does he drink the cheapo wine but prefers something nicer)?
Depending on the family situation, just about anything to remind him of family and to make them feel closer, whether it be a DVD of old home movies, scrapbooked pictures of the family highlights for the year-could cover the extended family if need be. Or a group picture in a nice frame.
If he goes out with friends to the coffeeshop or local restaurant, a gift card.
Make some homemade gift certificates for things, even if it might be things you would do for him anyway....trip to the grocery, wash his car, do handy-type jobs around the place. That way he can redeem them and not feel like he’s imposing on you.
He does not drink- at all.
Does not drive.
Walks with walker with difficulty.
See post 14, 15