With over 20 years of stand-up-comedy experience, Jim Breuer has always relied on his family members for inspiration.
Now the father of three girls, Breuer remembers his dad as a quirky but strong role model.
He said his father was mortified when he soiled himself, a situation Breuer tried to make light of.
I was hosing him down like a prisoner, he said.
If you might step back and laugh at yourself and at a situation, its healing.
The aim of the documentary is to show how laughter can lighten a caregivers load mentally.
At the event, Breuer talked about the importance of laughing through tough times.
Laughter is what connects pretty much all pain, he said.
The documentary is part of AARPs ongoing effort to shine a light onmale caregivers.
Although the typical unpaid family caregiver is a 49-year-old woman, men are growing in the ranks.
Today they represent about four in 10 caregivers in the United States, counting about 16 million.
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