"It's Okay to Laugh" Family Caregiving with Humor: Register for Aug. 25 Webinar and Viewing Parties in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines

AARP Iowa, the Family Caregivers Center of Mercy and the Iowa Area Agencies on Aging are teaming up to broadcast a live, online family caregiving event from Nashville, Tenn., featuring author and speaker Peter Rosenberger. Rosenberger, founder of Caregivers With Hope, will lead the free, interactive webinar titled “Unstuck: Lightening the Heart of the Family Caregiver with Humor,” Thursday, August 25th from 6-7 p.m. CT.

Live, dinner and simulcast sessions of the event will be held at two locations in Iowa, at the Family Caregivers Center in Cedar Rapids and at the AARP Iowa State Office in Des Moines.

Register for  “Unstuck: Lightening the Heart of the Family Caregiver with Humor” featuring Peter Rosenberger via one of the options below:

To attend the dinner and simulcast at the Family Caregivers Center of Mercy in Cedar Rapids call 319-221-8866 or go to: http://www.mercycare.org/services/family-caregivers-center/

To attend the dinner and simulcast at the Iowa State Office in Des Moines go to:  https://aarp.cvent.com/d/tvqmq7/1Q

To register to watch the online event from your home or office go to:  http://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1179029/3EC5E878926A548CBF039A051F522010?partnerref=state-email_IA-register_webinar-lighten_caregiver_heart_humor

Participants will learn how to lighten their heart, rediscover their identity and find a safe emotional path – with a healthy dose of Peter’s outrageous humor and candor.

“After more than 30 years on the path as a family caregiver for my wife Gracie – including 78 operations, the amputation of both her legs, 60 doctors in 12 hospitals and $9 million medical bills – I’ve learned: it’s okay to laugh,” Rosenberg said.

AARP has announced it will give everyone who registers for the webinar an electronic copy of Peter’s book, “Seven Landmines for Caregivers & How You Can Avoid Them.” Those who attend an in-person watch party will have the chance to win a copy of Peter’s book.

The webinar, which is part of AARP’s nationwide educational series on family caregiving, is open to participants nationwide and is being simulcast at AARP partner agencies around the country.

“Humor is a healthy express of a healthy heart – not a defense mechanism,” said Rosenberger, founding of Caregivers with Hope. “I’ve learned that family caregivers cannot only survive, but thrive in the midst of oftentimes grim circumstances."

For additional information and online caregiver resources, visit the AARP Caregiver Resource Center.