Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby – 1961

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

This was Bobby Vee’s first and only #1 hit. Released on August 7th,1961, it immediately began to climb up the Billboard Charts, and by September 18th, 1961 it had reached #1, staying there for three weeks. It is no surprise, given it was written by the legendary Brill Building songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the song featured an irresistible melody along with inspired and sincere lyrics. Add to that an equally sincere and strong vocal performance by Bobby Vee and you have one of the greatest hits of all time. I had the pleasure and honor of meeting Bobby Vee after a show four years ago, and he took the time to talk to my wife and I, and to sign a rare EP from Barcelona, Spain. He even commented that he had never seen it before. He also signed other items and took pictures, showing us what a kind and down-to-earth guy he really is. I’m glad I got the opportunity to shake his hand and to thank him for all the musical pleasure he had provided us over the years. So in his honor I give you this humble video.

Panorama BBC Undercover Care (31/5/11) Part 4

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Disturbing Panorama special investigation into the horrific abuse suffered by severley disabled and vulnerable patients at the Winterbourne View care home in Bristol
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Developing Cognizance Of The In-Home Care Services

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Parents are the ones whom we ought to consider like ‘the visible Gods on earth’ because they are the ones who give us life, warmth, shelter, food, education and develop our whole being. But a bitter truth is that when they begin their stage of second childishness, that is, their old age and become dependent on us, which turns out to be our turn to look after them and pamper like babies, we find it difficult because of our dynamic routine life along with other practical difficulties. The exact solution for overcoming this problem is the in-home care services offered by certain organizations nowadays.

Rather than putting your parents in old age homes because of which they feel isolated and lonely, the best choice would be to choose these kinds of senior care services, wherein they come in person to our homes and provide all the home care needs needed for the elderly people at our homes at our absence. Doesn’t it seem so cool and nice to hear itself? It yields dual benefit of keeping our mom or dad or grandpa or grandma, whoever it may be, safely near to us and at the same time making them feel comfortable and pleasurable experiences.

There are many services offered by the organizations, some of them being companionship home helper, respite care, Short-term recovery, personal services and Alzheimer care. The companionship home helper services makes our elders feel at home giving them good company and assist them in doing their desired activities. The caregivers take care of the old ones in maintaining their diet, read books for them, discuss current news and make them lively, visit their neighbors and friends, monitor their medicines intake, make them feel independent by assisting them in their household chores, errands, taking care of their pets, etc. Respite care facilities are also available to help in taking care to the old age people at our homes when we take on important events of having vacations, attending family functions or any outstation trips. During such times, the experts take care of our parents with extreme efforts such that they feel secured and safe even when we’re far away. Short term recovery services can be said to be as a gift to those whose parents have been just recovered from an illness or undergone a surgery or something like that which creates a situation for them to seek help from others. Since health can be restored more easily at the setting of home ambiance, when care is taken at their home including all personal help services, it would really be of great ease, comfort and satisfaction for them. Alzheimer and dementia care services are also undertaken to help the oldies cope up with their memory loss problem since it’s generally said that the best place to cope up with dementia problem is to be in one’s own surroundings.

So, with these excellent home care services, the elders at our homes can be looked after with utmost care and compassion towards their well-being.

An awareness about the different in-home care services available and how can they be fully utilized by people to a greater extent. The author stresses on the benefits of using these services which can be helpful to those who require providing their parents with a good home care environment.

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