{"product_id":"why-is-grandma-naked-ellen-pober-rittberg-9780578828626","title":"Why Is Grandma Naked?: Caring for Your Aging Parent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharing the stresses and satisfactions when caring for her aging mother, Rittberg uses comical chapter headings such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe The Alpha Dog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoundaries? Huh? Your Aging Parent Has None\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour Parent May Develop Sticky Fingers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJEOPARDY!\u003c\/b\u003e (why elderly parents need their favorite show even when they can't answer any of the questions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRittberg employs an upbeat breezy, can-do tone. She details common scenarios and techniques she used when caring for her aging parent at home, such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToilet training your senior parents using the \"rump on the hump\" technique when incontinence is an issue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaking away car keys before reading about a parent in a newspaper crime blotter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheir hobby of digging deep into their nostrils and other recesses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStaying awake while hearing the nineteenth retelling of childhood stories from your parent with dementia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaying matchmaker to hired caregivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoiding shopping trips turning into shoplifting trips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding declining parents' sometimes hilarious fantasies and delusions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRittberg 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Pober Rittberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578828626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578828626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Pober Rittberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Ellen Pober Rittberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990450700543,"sku":"9780578828626","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2d8e90f-97ec-4f92-be6a-c808e6e0b4c5.jpg?v=1683304743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-is-grandma-naked-ellen-pober-rittberg-9780578828626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}