Ellen Rittberg, Caregiving With Laughter, Joy and Practicality

In this humorous self-help book, award-winning journalist and attorney Ellen Pober Rittberg serves as a guide and cheerleader to family members who undertake to care for their elderly parents. Sharing the stresses and satisfactions when caring for her aging mother, Rittberg uses comical chapter headings such as:

• Be The Alpha Dog
• Boundaries? Huh? Your Aging Parent Has None
• Your Parent May Develop Sticky Fingers
• JEOPARDY! (why elderly parents need their favorite show even when they can’t answer any of the questions)

Rittberg shares with readers the life-changing, humbling and deeply rewarding benefits of caring for elderly parents and knows a good belly laugh is the best stress reliever.