A Guide for Everyone Who Has Ever Wondered If They Are Doing Enough
A Mindfulness Journey: Caring for an Aging Population — by Kelly Price Noble, DHA, MAOM, CRCFEA, CSA®
About the Book
Caring for an aging parent or a seriously ill loved one is one of the most meaningful roles a person can take on. It is also one of the most demanding — and one of the most isolating. The clinical information exists. The checklists exist. What has been harder to find is a guide that addresses the whole caregiver: the exhaustion, the grief that arrives before loss, the love that keeps showing up anyway.
A Mindfulness Journey: Caring for an Aging Population was written to fill that space.
Kelly Price Noble, DHA, MAOM, CRCFEA, CSA® brings more than a decade of clinical research, healthcare leadership, and federal advocacy to this book — alongside the lived experience of traveling monthly from California to Maryland beginning in 2020 to care for her own aging parents. That combination — academic depth grounded in personal reality — is what gives this guide its particular texture. Kelly is not writing from a distance. She has sat at the bedside. She has navigated the difficult conversations. She has loved someone through decline while trying to hold herself together in the process.
The result is a book that meets caregivers where the work actually lives: in the in-between moments, the uncertain decisions, and the daily practice of showing up with presence and care for someone who needs you.
Drawing on mindfulness as a practical tool — not a spiritual practice, not a luxury, but a discipline of presence and intentional awareness — Kelly offers frameworks for sustaining the caregiver alongside the person receiving care. For finding meaning in the aging journey, not just managing it.
Who This Book Is For
A Mindfulness Journey: Caring for an Aging Population was written for:
Family caregivers supporting aging parents or loved ones at home
Adult children navigating the shift from child to caregiver
Healthcare professionals seeking a more human-centered approach to elder care
Social workers, care coordinators, and advance care planning specialists
Organizations serving aging populations and their families
If you have ever wondered whether you are doing enough, whether you are making the right decisions, or whether anyone truly understands how hard this is — this book was written for you.
What Is Inside
The book blends mindfulness practice, clinical insight, and practical guidance across the full arc of the caregiving experience — from early planning and difficult conversations through serious illness, end-of-life care, and the grief that follows. Each chapter grounds the reader in both the research and the reality, offering tools that can be applied immediately alongside perspectives that offer steadiness for the long road.
About the Author
Kelly Price Noble, DHA, MAOM, CRCFEA, CSA® is the founder and CEO of KAPN Consulting: Innovative Solutions, a palliative care consultant, advance care planning specialist, and speaker based in San Diego, California. Her work supports caregivers, families, and healthcare organizations navigating aging, serious illness, and end-of-life care with clarity, compassion, and ethical grounding.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The book is a practical, compassionate guide for caregivers, families, and healthcare professionals navigating elder care. Kelly Price Noble, DHA, MAOM, CRCFEA, CSA blends mindfulness tools, clinical insight, and personal caregiving experience to support readers through every stage of the aging journey.
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Both. The book speaks directly to family caregivers doing this work at home while also offering depth and clinical grounding that healthcare professionals will find valuable and applicable in their practice.
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No. Kelly's approach to mindfulness is practical and non-religious — grounded in presence, intentional awareness, and compassionate decision-making. The tools in this book are accessible to readers of any background or belief.
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A Mindfulness Journey: Caring for an Aging Population is available in both paperback and hardcover, shipped directly from the author. Additional purchasing options through Amazon and IngramSpark will be available soon.
