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Caregiving has the potential to divide families. Meaningful conversation becomes impossible. Elder Mediation can help navigate the issues and unite your family.
Caregiving requires a family to operate as a team. This will by nature involve compromise.
But sometimes taking care of Mom and Dad is anything but easy. Family tensions can quickly escalate and the team breaks apart. There is no platform for planning conversation. Most likely there is no conversation at all.
Elder Mediation can help your family identify the areas of conflict and reach realistic solutions. A mediator is a neutral third party that listens to all views and negotiates mutual agreement. Aditional professionals such as elder law attorneys, CPA, or financial planners can bring expertise to the mediation process.
Ten reasons families fight over caregiving
Adult children view parents needs differently
Parents resist care
Past family issues resurface
Caregiving falls to one adult child
Primary caregiver excludes other siblings from decision input
How to pay for care
Balancing caregiving and raising family
Caring for both parents at once
End of Life care
Estates and Inheritences
Courtesy Senior Living Blog
Why Mediation ?
Elder care is about quality of life for the "cared for" and the "caring for". But harmony can be elusive, sometimes even resulting in court litigation. Mediation offers these advantages ...
Mediation is voluntary and confidential
Mediation is about the future not the past
Mediation promotes listening to understand and respect all points of view
Mediation helps families to negotiate not fight
Mediation is a platform for families to find solutions that work
Mediation costs much less than attorney and court litigation
“I know all to well the emotional and physical stress of caregiving. Even though the care for my mother is over, the mindset of caring and living an on call life lives on. The divisions in my family live on.
Elder mediation can heal families, reduce stress, and bring peace of mind. Please go to the Contact page or call 423/612/7076. Let's talk today.
Jim Hale
Rule 31 listed Family Mediator