Elder Ashram: Revisioning aging and eldercare - Hardcover
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What if aging is not a problem to solve, but a journey to complete?
Modern society often treats aging as decline, dependency, or loss. Assisted living and eldercare frequently focus on managing limitations rather than honoring the wisdom, purpose, and humanity of older adults.
Elder Ashram: Revisioning Aging and Eldercare offers a profoundly different vision.
Drawing upon decades of experience in psychology, eldercare, spirituality, and community building, Nader R. Shabahangi and Ami Champaneri invite readers to reconsider what our later years can become. Rather than viewing aging as a period of diminishment, they present it as a sacred stage of life-a time for psychological growth, spiritual deepening, meaningful relationships, and the cultivation of wisdom.
This is not simply a book about eldercare.
It is a call to reclaim aging as one of life's most meaningful chapters.
Because our final years are not the end of our journey-they may be the very reason for it.
Nader R. Shabahangi, PhD, is internationally recognized for his work in eldercare, aging, and existential psychology. A licensed psychotherapist, educator, author, and developer of innovative senior living communities, he earned his doctorate from Stanford University and is a diplomate in Process-Oriented Psychology. Over several decades, he has created groundbreaking eldercare communities in the San Francisco Bay Area that emphasize purpose, meaning, psychological growth, and spiritual development during the later stages of life.
Champaneri, Ami: -Ami Champaneri is a professor, researcher, Bharatanatyam dancer, and advocate for spiritual and holistic approaches to aging. Her lifelong exploration of the connections between aging, spirituality, service, and wholeness led her to establish a nonprofit organization serving rural women in India and later to co-found ElderAshram.
Together, they bring decades of experience in psychology, caregiving, education, spirituality, and community development to offer a new vision for aging-one rooted in dignity, meaning, service, and love.
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