Small Group Resources

We offer books and curriculum that are great for small groups as well as individual study.

For information about our books, CARE For One Another, CAREGIVING Ready or Not, and Engaging While Aging, click on "Resources" and go to "Books"

Available for purchase at www.LivingFree.org

CAREGIVING: Caring For Aging Parents is a small group curriculum written by Charles Puchta and offered for purchase from Living Free/Turning Point Ministries based in Chattanooga Tennessee. The curriculum is designed as a 12-week course. Both a facilitator's guide and group member guide are available. Each session begins with an introduction and sharing question, includes both a self-awareness and spiritual awareness section, and wraps up wiht a focus on application. The session topics are as follows:

You Are Not Alone
The Aging Process
Through the Eyes of the Care Receiver
Through the Eyes of the Caregiver
Honoring Our Parents
The Role of a Caregiver
Developing a Care Plan
End-of-Life Planning
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Communication
A Legacy of Memories
The Streets of Gold

For ordering information and/or to preview the curriculum please visit the Living Free website.

Testimonial

Having recently completed your study, I feel it was light to the blind (me) and food to the hungry (me). It has been like cool water on a hot day. I feel I now have a firm foundation to care for my aging Mom. My attitude began with denial of her gradual loss of capabilities and the certain knowledge that I would actually one day lose her. Then there was the resulting resentment and guilt for the increasing draw on my time. Your study was used by God to change my attitude to loving acceptance and gratitude for being the one picked by God to assist Mom. It (the study) was very well thought out and very well presented and complete. You had things int it that I had never considered for instance: "Through the Eyes of the Care Receiver"; "Developing a Care Plan";... As a result of the chapter "A Legacy of Memories" I have begun to type on the computer various memories Mom has of the past as she dictates them to me. It is really fun for both of us. I would have missed it without your advice. Thank you for all the time and prayer that went into this study.

Patricia Springer (AZ)