(original) Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era
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Dude was practically dead on his chair, and music breathed life onto him, unbelievable. He was about to get up and dance I tell you
Amen🤗🤗
Probably a burst of dopamine and adrenaline made his brain works a little bit longer
Blackout Guy my grandpa has dementia and for the longest time couldn’t do anything but every time we played his favorite song he would light up and dance and sing, but slowly over the years he started responding less and less until he got to the point where he is now in a hospital in bed all day staring at the ceiling
@@cottontop6553 it could be that his hearing is gone too
@ Càssio Sousa Music I believe it’s the light and rhythm to his veins that gives him the blood supply to his / our Soul!!!
This is why music/art should NEVER be absent in schools.
YES. Everyone should have access to music or any form of art.
Here here !!!!!
Yes, band in high school was one of my greatest motivation to get up and go to school every morning
I graduated over 20 years ago and recently found out that music and arts are being from cut in hometown high school. It disturbs me. Music is a universal language with great healing power. The arts are necessary for a healthy people.
@@seth_5394 It is disturbing. The human psyche needs stimulation and an open mental universe that is filled with many unexplored paths; these paths will never be taken and expanded upon unless we train our minds to embrace the possibilities. I believe humans would never evolve without art. It's amazing how art can help heal the soul.
When the man starts singing ' I'll be home for Christmas' , tears came to my eyes.
I had the exact same reaction.
especially when you can hear his faint little sob of joy
What's crazier is he's really good at singing
Same.
Me too. Very good video. They are people to
As a care giver and CNA I see this all the time. And I love helping people feel better. Love this.
I had a client with aphasia. She could not form words at all. I discovered she could sing though! Soon we were singing to each other, "Do you want to wear your red shirt or the blue?" "Today, I want to wear a sweater with my blue shirt." It started with simple conversations, but she eventually started singing me her life stories too. She was so delighted to be able to communicate again!
Beautiful work
beautiful!
😢 Beautiful
When my grandpa was 101 years old he couldn't carry on a conversation very well so I started singing old songs to him and he sang along with me. It was our only way to communicate.
Rebecca White That's beautiful, how lovely!
Priceless and so precious!
It was wonderful seeing that guy come a live...anyone who is alive can or will relate to it. Thank God for music..actually I write songs..its made me see what I already knew.
Rebecca White
That’s just beautiful, Rebecca!
Lucky thing you can sing!
The areas for speach and singing are two different areas in the brain and can be used to help people who have lost their ability to speak , my grandfather had a stroke and could not speak very well but be could sing and that's how he would ask always singing can I please have a glass of wine please.
We avoid the elderly because they remind us of our own mortality, but they're still human beings in need of human contact and compassion.
beautifully said my friend
So true
There is is no mortality we are all immortal, is just that our souls had got to comfortable with our earthly bodies and we want to stay because its the way we can be by our loved ones.
Beautifully said x
That and they’re unpredictable and we don’t interact with them enough so it’s strange to us
Music is genuinely one of humanity's greatest accomplishments
Humans didn't invent music... we _discovered_ music. We received music just as we've received everything else in creation, as a beautiful gift from God.
@@the.seagull.35God exists solely as a philosophical entity.
@@the.seagull.35which god? Yours or one of the other 5000 that other people preach?
@@Xoilen the God of Jesus Christ
@@the.seagull.35 Oh you picked the currently trendy God in your time and place. I guess that will have to do.
I love that when he said Cab Calloway he immediately did the classic Cab Calloway scats (or whatever you call that thing that Cab does in his songs). It's powerful what music does to your soul and mind.
Yes- the random sounds and "non-words" are "scat" and I find it fun to listen to.
This is why the arts are so important, it’s ageless.
Amen
GLORY!!!!!!
Music is garbage these days and so is the so called arts.
solisium Beauty is in the EYE of the BEHOLDER...MY FRIEND...one cannot name the thing that is most beautiful to another.
Ang: And why people like this incredible woman have been placed on this earth.
Rest in peace to Oliver Sacks, the man in the blue shirt who has helped countless elderly people get Ipods to listen to their favorite music.
So sorry to hear that he's no longer with us. He really helped a lot of people!! 🙏🏾❤️
Peace Joy and Everlasting White Light!
♥️
Rest well and thank you oliver sacks
So sad to hear that. May he have everlasting rest.
I watch this everytime I feel like quitting music.
Thank you HENRY.
👍
Quitting music? Wtf lol
@@BabaLoochisome people work in the music industry you do realize?
@@BabaLoochi it's a problem that a lot of people creating art run into at some point, you start to question why you're making art and wonder if it's even worth it. a lot of artists want to be validated, especially nowadays when art has been so insanely commodified
ahahaha
Before my grandfather died in 2020, he began to suffer from dementia. Funny enough I have the same interest in music he did at my age. I soon learned playing music from the 60’s really changed his demeanor. I would play Joe Cocker, The Doors, and Jimi Hendrix. After a few times of playing this music for him, he began to remember things from the 60’s. He told me he had seen Jimi Hendrix in concert, and remembered not having any money to buy a ticket for The Doors, so he figured out a way behind the stage and smoked pot with some roadies back stage listening to Jim Morrison that way. And, telling me the story of him missing his ride to get to Woodstock. He had been able to remember so many things from decades before, but forget what he ate for breakfast.
I plan to write a book for my grandfather. I’ve gathered enough of his life stories to fill a book.
After his passing, I inherited his entire record collection. Almost every single one of those vinyls are originals from the year of release.
It’s bitter sweet losing my grandfather. I miss him so much, but will cherish these records until the day I die.
Music is incredibly important. It’s such a beautiful thing humans share together.
This was beautiful, thank you for sharing
What an incredible legacy he's left for you. ❤
Best wishes
I think if you ever have need of money, that your grandfather would be happy that he can provide for you by selling those records.
Amen, sister!
I'd like to recognize the nurse for obviously doing the best she can, with her warmth and humanity, in a very limited environment
I Had the same reaction. In fact, I was so moved that I wrote this song:
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Thank you for taking time fot
Absolutely totally agree, carers have such a difficult job at times and most are amazing and have huge hearts
She’s a jewel for sure
YASSSS!!! God will bless her!!!
Man he’s still got a fantastic voice even at his old age
i mean, sure
@@tinytreehugger1 did you watch the whole thing?
@@coffeepandacat yeah I did after I commented 😅 he does have a great voice
Yes he does! I immediately thought that!
MXO Beats - Yes, get him on America’s Got Talent!
I saw a video of a woman who had been a prima ballerina in NYC in the 60s. She was now in a care home suffering from dementia. She wasn't really able to communicate anymore. One day a caregiver put headphones on her and the music she heard was Swan Lake. She began doing the hand movements she had when she had danced onstage. Even her facial expressions changed as she "danced" again. It brought me to tears to see her come alive again. Music can touch everyone's soul.
I saw that video also! It had me in tears and just your mention of it here brought back the memory of it and gave me goosebumps.
I saw it too. Truly wonderful! Loved it
She was so elegant and made beautiful movements.
Thanks for reminding me of that video. Moved to tears again
I saw it too. It was beautyfull.
Women such as that carer who looks after Henry are truly angels on earth
Amen
Hearts of gold.
Absolutely.
One or my patients was a caretakee in an elderly home. He was so pationate about his work that some of the grumpiest residents would only let him help them. Told me he always made sure they bathed, has a nice change of clothes and he even combed their hair to make them feel handsome again. What a wonderful man that was.
@@Castillo525 A true star
Teared up when he stared singing his favorite song. Growing old sucks.
Yes it does but imagine not growing older
@@jeanhassnapped2049 double edged sword
@@jeanhassnapped2049 huh?
U ain't never lie
Yes it does. Not what Jehovah God intended and he promises to restore is to youth. Isaiah chapter 35. Jw.org
Why is music not a standard therapy? Not rocket science sheesh
it is getting used a lot these days, music and films from the patients era,
im from UK, not sure about other countries yet.
Tacsense fucking UK got the right idea man !
Do you want pharmaceutical companies to die out?
Look up “music therapy”
grodhagen what a great idea 😊
When a man with that condition, with all respect and love, sings that damn well that's really something.
Oliver even though you've passed, you still mesmerize us and I bet you're singing in the Angels choir❤
He passed?
@@tadzioth Yes. Dr. Oliver Sacks passed away on August 30, 2015.
@@jenisemcintyre3839 oww...
That man hasnt sung a note in who knows how many years and he still got a voice. Amazing
Just beautiful! I feel the same way about music if this was me. I need my music! He lit up and opened up! God bless him!
He surely does have a good voice
Awww 🥺
@BAK - That was my first thought too! My jaw literally dropped. This whole thing was beautiful spiritually. It gave me hope that there are still some very extraordinary people out there taking care of our loved ones or ourselves. The dr and the caretaker were amazing. That has not been mine and my family's experiences over the years. Not all family members are as dedicated and still so obviously caring as this daughter was right out of the gate, much less 10 years down the road. I so needed to see and hear every aspect of this video. The professionals in this program and the family member has Blessed more people than they will ever know.
I was thinking so too and what a wonderful Voice, I bet his family misses hearing it daily!
“ask yes or no questions”
*starts asking specific questions and getting specific answers… amazing
It’s almost like he was like “excuse me? Yes or no questions? I’m better than that” and than started fully going into detail with each answer. So wholesome
It was crazy. He turned into a whole different person. Singing lyrics, naming artists from his past
When your mind hasn’t been worked in certain areas those ‘’mental muscles’’ don’t work as well. That’s why they went for yes/no questions as those pathways will be most likely still used quite a bit. It’s stunning that even though they asked a yes/no question, the music stimulated him as so much to continue to communicate at length more than he normally does. That was the point of this exercise. …A yes/no question then acts as a place to start. The music he loved stimulated him to go past what his norm was.
Yh was kwl
@@sonofhibbs4425I personally believe that he could always converse as much as he wanted to. Lord knows the battles he has had to endure as a black man. We can’t afford to lose our method of communication. Music is his solace.
I had never heard that Cab Calloway song, or any of his songs, and now I’m fan. I’m in my early twenties and this dude just gave me a music recommendation that rocked my world.
I got hooked on "Taj Mahal" that same way. He was mentioned in a video and I decided to check him out. Now I can't get enough of his music! 😃
My mother had Alzheimer's, and Daddy would play her favorite hymns for her. Even when she couldn't communicate any longer, she'd sing those old gospel songs without missing one single word. Precious memories! 💙
He's still hitting notes perfectly.
I was impressed 👍
And that vibrato wow! lol its better than mine
Maan listen ik y’all just trying to be nice but yall fucking lying 💀
@@heavenlysloan6664 Who hurt you? How does one benefit from throwing shade like that? Smh
Joel Cook it’s the truth. y’all don’t have to pitty him. It’s good he singing tho
This is why, when people say they don't like music, I automatically assume they're psychopaths.
no, they just say so on purpose against you
@@luisportella1760 Sounds like this has happened to you
I like music but there have been times in my life where id say i dont like it(I mean all music in general not just the current trend) and I just wont listen to any or if I am listening to it, it just doesnt do anything for me idky.
@@Saiyuhhh Same. Sometimes music doesn't feel right. Then later it does.
Weird
Me too! Hahaha
I'm just 62 but I have serious memory issues due to brain injury and trauma. Music is so powerful. It can soothe and calm, it can inspire...it's like medicine...
I did that to a 78 year old lady, played music from the 30s and 40s. This lady became very alive in a way I never seen her before that.
This is a worker who cares this is a true meaning of a care essential worker. She actually cares about her patients.
I was going to write the Exact same thing...She is beautiful and caring. Many years ago I was a home companion and took care of the elderly....it was the best job and I became family! Bless you and them!!
Yes she do🎈🌹🙏Amen
Yes!
Her tattoo said crip
Yes and they should be paid properly and respected for their important work.
Wait until the heavy metal era are in nursing homes. "Nurse bring me my Slayer"!
I never thought I'd get this many likes. Jim Breuer actually first made this joke
Ikr. If I'm ever out of it, just play me some Dethklok and I'll be spry as a chicken lol.
Anthrax "Caught in the mosh" would probably be banned . . .
Chair mosh!!!
None of you will be listening to metal in a nursing home. You'll hang that shit up the first time it almost gives you a fucking heart attack lmao
Motroized chair moshpits.
I've always said Music Is the best equalizer. It bridges all gaps. Rich, poor, black white. It also feeds the soul. Apparently it also heals.
Music runs deep in us no matter what culture you’re from. Have you seen the video of the elderly ballerina with Alzheimer’s who listens to swan lake? It’s incredible
Yeah 😊
I know he's probably no longer with us, but Henry was an absolute King.
Ikr! Lol just an absolute chad
@@yisforyellow7014 ur odd
@@nojudgment395 what he said is true
@@yisforyellow7014 that chad shit is cringe keep that over on tiktok.
JESUS IS KING.
My Dad had dementia. He responded best to joking around. That was always his thing.
People with a good sense of humor would make him light up.
Life, love and Happiness!
Same with my dad. He was also shockingly good at math and very good card player even when he didn’t know who he was playing with, who I was. He was just an extremely smart guy even when his brain was dying. I hated watching that happen though. Dad was a very successful brain doctor, a genius, but he just lost his mind. I know he never wanted to live like that. Diabetes is an awful disease that runs in my family and just really takes a toll on everyone as they age, leads to dementia and so many other not so wonderful things we have to live with. I’m sure careful with my diet and physical fitness now that I’ve been diagnosed with it too. I already know what’s in store for me so I’m doing all I can to mitigate the damage.
I am so sorry to hear that as I know the pain and I know the struggle …my father became a TBI patient in 2007 and passed in 2017. As you know there are countless types of these injuries with varying levels of damage resulting in various amounts of symptoms. It was lots wrapped into one and he thought he was a child sometimes or we would be out to eat and when the waitress asked what type of drink he’d like he responded “Schaffer’s Beer” LOL it was funny as hell when it wasn’t sad amongst other things and for one more for context….he would call my sister not by her name but by the name of a girl he went to school with in 3rd grade….the mind is a f’in fascinating scary thing for real….but the 2 things that he never ever forgot were jokes and music. NEVER and get always responded to each of them the same . RIP pop the man upstairs needed you home. ILY
Well my kids are in for a big treat then
@@harryamos7869 look up the effects of inhaling peppermint oil !!
This man’s mind is still sharp when it comes to music 🎶 and this woman is so heartfelt when it comes to elderly people you can tell. ❤️ I bet she makes their days and vice versa ❤️
The power of music, brought the old man back to life.
He remembered his fav singer by name dude, if that ain't proof something magic happened here idk what is
The human brain is magical
@@cicadaboi101 the affect that music has on the brain, is magical
Music is magical
I agree....
And the lyrics to the songs. Amazing!
Not just a name but lines of music!!!
May Oliver Sacks rest in peace. I hope he's listening to his favorite music up there with all his friends and family.
Big ups to the caring nurse . She knows that not only the medicine heals . Fond memories does heal as well.
God blessed that nurse. She is kind and lovely. This world needs more people like her.
you are so right. because so many of them are mean.
Sparky Runner maybe they are working in an incredibly stressful environment where they are understaffed and lose their temper like any human being might
such a wonderful woman she is
❤❤❤
@@lizlemonwantsitall PRAYERS to workers and patients AMEN
I could feel him singing “I’ll be home for Christmas”. He’s stuck in a broken shell in a nursing home, but that song takes him back to feelings and memories of love, joy, life and family.
NemeanLion amen
NemeanLion AAAMEN 🙏🏾
*A soul isn't dead no matter what the age*
Those feelings are gone for a lot of us, and for some, music is the only thing that keeps us grounded
And he's got a great voice too! I wouldn't be surprised if he was in a jazz band back in the day.
This hurts my heart but it's also nice seeing him so lively, reminding all of us that music is a healing light in our darkest hour
I work with elderly people, especially aflicted with various degrees of dementia. I always try to converse with those who can still speak, ask them about anything, like what they like, if they have family coming to visit, and the like. For those who sadly can't talk anymore I resort to singing. While it doesn't always work, I've noticed many reactions from them. Some simply look at me, like they acknowledge that they are receiving me and are attracted to my singing; others show recognition in their faces in the form of smiles or their lips moving, like they try to sing along; and when I am very lucky, there are some who do join me, albeit awkwardly, and we have some minutes of what I can only call bliss. They relax, open up a bit... People that normally respond aggressively to any kind of care, suddenly allow me (and the colleague I am working with) to wash him, clothe him...
Again, it doesn't always work, but when it does, you can see it.
It worked a great many times for me when I was an RN, working with people with dementia. I sang to them while I gave them their meds or some other such care.
3:19 Spotify ads be like
This gave me rumble laughter
alright, that gave me a good chuckle
ahaah ohmy
@@Fontana22 nigga who tf says chuckle
@@unstableninja1127 me
when he started singing "i'll be home for christmas" i teared up a little bit. you could sense the emotions coming up, the nostalgia.
Me too. Brought tears to my eyes!
Me too
I saw that .... Old memories popped up !
We relate because its happened to us but as for his case his memories is all he's got when he remembers them . Emotion came up with me too watching that part .
Yes, image all the family he has missed for so long. Lord bless this man.
i never even heard of cab calloway but god the way he was singing in this video was so emotional
Henry has restored his memory by music of Cal Calloway it uplifted his spirit by placing the Ipod upon his ears . The care giver discovered his strongest point of relief by music.
I’m 62 and I hope my family will do this for me. I was a singer for 20 years but it is mostly forgotten now. Love you sir. ❤❤❤❤
I'd love to hear more about your singing career, if you'd like to share some stories!
I would absolutely love to share! Thank you so much for asking. I was a singer for a wonderful 20 years of my life. I did parodies for a few years and made it on the radio in Philly. I had such followers as Jj Walker and the crazy 😜 Danny Bonoducci. 😂. Oh so many stories I could tell!
@@gayle7962 I'm already interested!
I can't say I know any of those people, but I admit I'm only 25 years old, and I'm about as far from Philly as I could be (I'm Aussie!).
Even so, I have ALWAYS believed that music can connect people in so many ways.
What types of music did you sing? You mentioned parodies. Parodies of what songs? Original songs, or covers?
@@BakaTaco my favorite parodies were in the 80s when Blondie came out with the tide is high. We were the Nuclear 🐠 fish and we got on the radio with “ the tide is high and it’s not much fun, don’t wanna swim in number one, the tide is high and the song is through, don’t wanna swim in number two... I’m not the kind of girl who’ll swim in all that crap, oh nooo”
❤️ Australia
I hate that they're cutting so many music programs in school and other places. they should see that music is just as important as academics.
What's worse is they discontinued academics
At least more important than sports
I believe music "hardwires" memories/reboot into your mind.
Instruments are expensive, and education in general just doesn't seem to be a priority in my country.
It makes me sad.
@@UsenameTakenWasTaken not all instruments are expensive,, recorders/flute can be made from Bamboo that can be grown at the school. and kept for years after they are made.
Henry seems like he would have been fun to know in his younger days.
I hope God takes care of him always.
He will. (:
@@clarissa5060 beautiful video and beautiful comment x
I think so too, his daughter said so too...
What a beautiful soul he is ❤️
He came alive and it was a beautiful thing to witness
@@Sivuyisiwe_ its so powerful. To see it as a musician it hits harder than someone that may not have a technical understanding of music.
I hope he still a live! 🙏 😔
I used to work as an OT in a skilled nursing facility. We had a patient with dementia who had broken her hip. She couldn't focus on anything but the pain. But one day me and the speech and physical therapist discovered she loved music. We played Ben King, "stand by me" and some other music like that. And the difference it made, it's like she didn't even have a broken hip anymore. She was able to focus more and was smiling and humming. Music made a world of difference for her! Don't ever get rid of music!
''ask yes or no questions'' ... proceeds to not do that and he was actually very understandable
I think it was to wake him up, ease him into it. He wasn't understandable at first after all. Don't think it was meant to be patronising.
Dang he can still sing. Dementia won't hold him down
yeah man u know watching this video makes me imagine what its gonna be like for me propably gonna be thrown in a nurseing home full of robots listening to the artists of the early 2000s Eminem lil wane Royce da 5'9 Kanye west chris brown arina grande james Arthur and all the singers of the 2000s era
@@oisinlynch6181 XD BET
John R. Timmers yeah just makes u think
"Once a man twice a child".
if you're lucky!
@@Phyoomz I wouldn't call it lucky.
@@persephone2706 well, the alternative is dying young. Your choice on what you think is better. I'd personally rather have a sponge bath and my chin cleaned off for me than be 6ft deep.
@@Phyoomz Oh yes. It entirely depends on the person. Some can't bear the thought of not being able to live a normal and self sustained life, much less do simple tasks for themselves. Others are content spending every moment they can in this world near to those they love. And those are only two of endless possibilities...
@@persephone2706 holy shit ur woke 😂😂😂
I'm a social worker in a long term care and these are the moments we relish. Great Stuff
It’s crazy how hearing the music almost gives him concious for a period of time
I don’t understand why they don’t awaken nursing homes with music.
Some of the residents aren't able to listen to music without having negative reactions. I worked in a few salons in assisted living homes and you always have the people who are far from respectful of others. The ipod/headphones are great in those situations. The music tailor to the individual changes everything. It is amazing how they change when they hear their favorite song. My grandmother and step grandmother would always want to go back to the Saturday night dance when they got together. I understand that now that I'm older. I do to
Bcz music is not a group-based preference. Different elderly people have their own different favorite singers and music genres. It's a personal thing.
Ppl are lazy
You could tell as soon as they put the music on him he grabs his hands as if he had a girl in them like he had his hands wrapped around the waist though he was sitting I guarantee you if he could stand he would have had it around I could Envision him seeing maybe his wife and their first dance with his arms around her waist and her arms around his neck
Zinnia i work in age care and they play music from their time 24/7 esp in the dementia ward!
I lost it when he started singing his favorite song, aging is such a bastard.
@Lisa B Wow. That is beautiful❤
@Lisa B that's really nice to hear !
So true. That's why I'm going to take my life before I get to this
*seizures is the bastard in this case
Lisa That is so wonderful to hear.
3:49 Bruh Talking Ben!
I can't imagine the gentleman from this video is still with us over 11 years later. I'm so glad to see his final years weren't just a long fuzzy loop of nothingness, but that he got to enjoy this music and be transported back to his youth. RIP to him, and I hope that whatever comes after this, he is doing well and happy.
I love the elderly. They are living libraries whom should always be respected and protected.
I SHOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY GRANDPARENTS FOR GRANTED
Must be nice to have loving grandparents.
Agree👍
Well Said. That was a wisdom statement ❤
True
This nurse would be my choice to look after my elderly relatives. She actually cares! I love her.
I agree
Amen
..Me too! She's wonderful!
She is being filmed here
@@pitchbright5960 so you assume the worst of people even when the only evidence provided shows otherwise. Says more about you than her dude
Wow, this man has an Amazing voice even in his late years and condition.. I cried when he sand I’ll be home for Christmas, there was so much feeling in his voice. It’s magical to see him come to life hearing the music he loves. 😢
I worked in a nursing home for decades.
It's really hard work, but such moments are all worth it.
Go for it young peoples, the old folks are needing you.
You'll come home tired but satisfied, you'll never have that in other jobs.
Thank you so much for your service to others 🙏🏻🤩
It is purely absurd music hasn't been part of therapy for our elders for the past 120 years or so. It is essential to living.
My great great grandfather was in the war in my home country extremely strict, ruthless, abusive and hated anything fun...once he entered into old age, became senile, dementia and withering away the one thing he hated, music, was the only thing that gave him life and peace and calmness...it was extremely emotional for our family...music is what will bring peace, healing and love to this world, it's the key and the answer
They've instead filled our elderly with chemicals and kept them isolated and our society has greatly sinned in this way.
They do it in my cousin’s job in the nursing home. (Musical bands played for them once a month)
That’s not enough. They need it daily.
Music is not part of modern medicine because doctors cannot profit from it. Duh.
Not much of a nursing home
Give the dude some bread because he found his jam!
haahahaha!
Lol
I love your comment!And hes fly like on his jam.
Yes
I'm sorry but... ua-cam.com/video/UT-mM8mhj_w/v-deo.html
the power of music
the human brain is an incedible thing . so lovely to see this man and his family so happy for a short time . 💖💖💖💖
Old guy: "His face assumes expression, his eyes open wide"
Henry: "OoOoOoOoOoH"
😂😂😂
@@NunayoBisnez x2
Dang it, i'm trying to be respectful here! X,/
This is the most accurate description of this whole entire video ..right on the money 🎶🎵👀
LMAO
He’s so adorable how his eyes get big talking about his music!
You know that's a result of his brain damage, right?
Isnt he precious..I dont even know him and i just love him.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 I think we all realize that but it's just beautiful to see him get so excited
TheFanCritic you just gotta understand that this man has a love for music and it’s very beautiful to see
TheFanCritic wow you’re just a know it all! Even the guy in the video says his eyes opened wide when he heard his music!
how has nobody commented how good his singing voice is
His singing voice is what struck me the most!
What a reaction to the 🎶 music....he came alive in spirit and emotions
It's gonna be so weird when my generation reaches this age. We'll be old heads jamming to gangsta rap and metal
Lmao exactly
I’ll be jamming to the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Super Mario Galaxy soundtracks lol. Oh and some Danny Elfman works! Gotta throw in some Danny Elfman in there! I’m much more of a cinematic, film, soundtrack kind of person lol. With occasional video game scores sprinkled in.
do i wanna know by arctic monkeys that song is the shit
And Dubstep
Right I think about that all the time
Henry was a good looking man in his younger days!
Yes indeed.
Hugh Neek
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11/20/19
V Lee lordy YES!! Easy on the eyes for sure! 😁
Yes i agree..good looking man. Seems sad hes there for 10yrs. Wonder if hes still around?
I agree
God bless her for not giving up on him. She's an earth angel and I love Henry and will pray for him.
Thank you Oliver Sacs for your research into Music and Memory.
I am so happy my sister and I brought a cd player to my moms group home where she needed 24 hour care for dementia. When I played a big band boogie boogie her feet began to move and tap to the music. I was a ballroom dance instructor for 3 years so I knew how to lead a swing. I helped her out of her chair and we jitter bugged for several songs to her delight. She did not know exactly who I was but she knew she knew me but she knew that music and how to dance to it. Every time I played that music she wanted to dance. She came alive for those precious moments. The last time we danced she had to sit down in the middle of our first dance as she was too tired. She died 3 days later. I am so thankful I took the time to dance with my mom in her final years.
When she said she was taking the head phones he said *”HUH?!”* 😂
He looked pissed🤣
Wooow funny running into you here. Hope your doing well and I just want to say your a great content creator
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Yeah... and he's like, that's my song beech!
My grandpa was all about Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn before he became unable to process and the full tier of Alzheimers set in sometime in the late 2000s.
when he started singing "i'll be home for christmas" he actually has quite a nice singing voice
I agree! So rich and soulful!
"OWW!" he said, lol
I agree, he really did have an excellent croon going on.
I'd buy an album!
@Coolerthan Afrieza I would like the chance to euthanize myself before I get there
As a 69 year old I too fear old age in a nursing home. We all have memories of love and music have hopes to be inspiredby those memories in our final years this was brilliant and yet so simple. ❤❤❤
This is so beautiful. He is a beautiful soul
Just imagine how 50 years in the future you are sent to a nursing home, you are paralyzed and can't speak, and one day the doctor comes in, puts a pairs of headphones on your ears and all you hear is:
"Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang !"
Yoda 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭
I’m sorry I disliked but if that happen to me I would probably pull the plug on my self. :(
Oh god no😒😂
That scenario just gave me chills 😂😂😂
Yoda I'd rather be shot, that isn't music, what he was singing is.
It has been known for DECADES that dementia patients react very well to their own music being played for them. It improves their brain function and it even slows the progress of the disease. Why isn't this used in every nursing home in the country?
Because they don't want people viable, they want people to be dependent on the medical system. The ones who actually care wish there was something they themselves could do to bring that vibrance back, but the industry as a whole wants "patients" and not " productives".
God bless those people in this video who made that man's day.
Dare I say with my heart and soul I thank God He had mercy and took my parents Home to Him so they would not have to suffer thru this pandemic, but mostly before their dementia each got worse. My sis and I wouldn't have been able to deal with seeing them in that way during all this, esp. in my hometown NYC
@@CrownedOne919 I'm so sorry about your mom and dad. But I hear what you're saying that it's actually better that they went sooner, rather than later. :( I lived in NYC during all of 2020, so I also know what you mean about how bad the pandemic was there. And you're absolutely right about the powers that be wanting us to be patients. There's no money in healthy people. Medical doctors aren't even trained in nutrition in med school--hence, the horrible advice they give on what to eat, how to lose weight, etc. They want you to be ill, to buy their drugs and to end up in a nursing home.
It's all about the bottom line. This country is evil as fuck in almost all its business practices
Unfortunately it’s the same reason ALL politicians want the crime rate to be high. It cost the taxpayer money and they get more
In the end, it is about resources (money). A nurse has a limited time.
Music is a point in time for a lot of people, which I think is why it helps with dementia. It helps you go back to a point in your life while your brain is degrading and it grounds you. All songs that have the most emotional impact on me, I can remember how old I was and where I was when I first heard them and the circumstances of why they effected me. Favorite songs are basically bullet points in your personal history, so maybe if you have enough of them, you can rebuild a timeline in your head of who you are.
henry's voice is worth more then the whole world him singing made me truly cry i love this man even tho i might not know him personally i do love him and his voice let this man be apprectiated thru his beautifull life
Imagine being stuck in a chair spending to much time alone and the hospital noises only. Everyone needs something to stimulate. Amazing he looked so sad before.
10 yrs of this. Thank God for insightful people & music.
Yes we have a loved one incarcerated and they love music but their alone😢
It's sad he couldn't be tooken care of at home by his children. People tend to deteriorate so much faster in nursing homes.
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Yes I took care of mine at home 🙏 I was fortunate
The little "ooh" just as he starts singing the Christmas song broke my heart.
Same! I started crying
You could see something in his eyes
If we could only see and feel the memories that rushed through him in that second
Thats the part that I am started to ball my eyes out at. It lifted his spirit and he has such a warm voice. 🥰❣️
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Against all ugly things in this world, story's like these make me appriciate to be alive.
No matter the age, a person needs interesting things to do, old folks tend to get left to it and withdraw because it's the same every day, music reminds that there are still things worth being aware for.
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
Bob Marley
First time I heard that quote was when Dead Prez said it.
Wise words from a legend.. Bob Marley
That’s a lie lol. Good music hits hard sometimes and brings back the pain. 😂
He clearly never heard Captain and Tennille
@@k.t.1641and ooh that pain can be beautiful too!
He really has a real nice voice , look at him , he's gone back in time , again a young man.
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As a forgetful person, dancing makes me remember distant memories. I totally agree with the man saying music makes you feel love. We are blessed to hear such beautiful sounds. Sending love and hugs to this old man💓
An almost catatonic man, severely depressed and lost in his head is suddenly alive. Nothing is better than music.
Hope you're faring well bud, best wishes.
It's so frustrating that the interviewer did not realize this gentleman was imitating Cab Calloway when he began scatting at 4:20. Cab Calloway used to scat throughout his songs. Listen to "Minnie the Moocher," by Cab Calloway.
Lol. I believe your right, they thought he was being crazy. Like I guess teens now wouldn't know Beat Boxing...? He was pretty good at singing and scating both. It's a fading art.
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What is the scat from he was doing? Was it cabs'? Or this man's own?
@@MJ-ix7wm Oh trust me teens are over the moon about beatboxing, it's popular.
@@mcyeru As a music lover, that is nice to hear. Courious, do they scratch on the turntable as well? Be well.
I drive truck and do nothing but listen to music, so much that whenever I get out of my truck to talk to people, anything they say will be converted into a song lyric...I am a walking Ipod 😆.
I'm only 44...not sure how long I'll live, but I will not need an ipod in the nursing home...you name a song and I'll sing it.
This man has a beautiful voice.
I love to bee bop out to some 40ies swing and jazz band music.
I suppose it'd a particular area in the brain that gets stimulated.
Music conveys so much in a song...memories and pictures pop up and every word and every note has a meaning and touches a part in your soul.
"Ain't it funny how a melody, can bring back a memory...take you to another place in time..." ~Clint Black country song 😆
Henry is the loveliest man on UA-cam, what a great legend of a man, music is the life and soul .
It made me almost cry when he started singing “I’ll be home for Christmas”
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I DID cry when he sang it, God loves you Henry.
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Yea it did something to me too
That did it for me! 😭
I used to work in a nursing home. I spoke to all my patients-verbal and nonverbal. A doctor had written in a patient’s chart that they didn’t know they were in the world. That made me so angry that I went into the nonverbal patient’s room and asked the patient how they were doing. For the first time in the 1.5 years I worked there, the patient responded. I almost fainted 😂 After that, I continued to talk to the patient and sometimes sing as I cared for her. One day I was singing and I saw tears in her eyes. It’s been over a decade, but I will never forget that.
God bless you! My wife works in a nursing home (she has for 18 years now). It’s a very difficult job and folks like you and her make a difference!
You made me cry. Blessings to you and yours in Jesus'name and for his glory ☺️🙏🗝️🕊️🔥💗✝️
Thanks 😭
you realize this more and more as your age until you find its your own reality
Thank you for the great work you do!
Music is so powerful when used fully in therapeutic settings.
I also love music.
Even at his age my man can sing and has great pitch and vibrato
What a king
I’ve never heard that Christmas song sang any better. Go Henry.......
I thought it was a song playing a first he has a beautiful voice
@@nikolombardo3500 I agree
With so much love and soul ❤ 💛
He had the vibrato going. Impressive.
Let the church say AMEN