Aging Affirmation
 

 
 

Is cohousing for you?

Imagine living in a small intentional "neighborhood" which is designed for personal privacy, yet offers some shared space, and ways for you to share parts of your life with neighbors who really care about you, and whom you care about.ll care for in your turn.

Do you want to live in community?

If ElderSpirit Community appeals to you but you are not sure you are ready to make a commitment, click "Goodness of Fit" to see a questionnaire, print it out and complete it. This may help you clarify your ideas.

After considering this, do you have a more profound interest in this Community? If so, please explore the following documents by clicking on their names, one by one:

Mission and Values

The Group Process

Late Life Spirituality - A Conceptual Model

Description of ElderSpirit Community

To apply to join this Community: After reading those documents, if you are seriously interested in applying for membership in ElderSpirit Community, click on these words Application Process, which gives the steps to get on the waiting list.

You might want to participate in an ElderSpirit Community Retreat . which are held from time to time. Click the arrow for information.

Map of Abingdon, Virginia showing location of ElderSpirit.

 

This Community welcomes all, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, elderliness, or national origin.

 


To learn more about the history of ElderSpirit and how the ElderSpirit Community at Trailview was developed, please follow this link to elderspirit.net . On that site you can also seek guidance about creating other intentional communities for seniors.




Our Community embraces these dimensions of late-life spirituality:
  • Inner Work

  • Caring for Oneself

  • Mutual Support

  • Community Service

  • Reverence for Creation

  • Creative Life
 

Trailview Community in Abingdon includes 29 homes, 13 of which are purchased at market-rate, and 16 of which are rental units.

The single-story, wheelchair accessible homes are clustered around a shared pedestrian green space.  

Common structures include a Spirit Center for contemplative activities as well as other spiritual events, and a Common House, the hub of community life for shared meals, meetings and other gatherings.

In addition to these homes, there are off-site homes constructed by members.