Elder Care Mediation

"Grampa should live in a retirement home where he can get help if he needs it."

"No way! He wants to stay in his house, and if you'd just help him more, he'd be fine."

What is Elder Care Mediation?

As our population ages, families are facing many challenges with respect to elder care. Often this raises conflict within families concerning care of loved ones. With special training in providing elder care mediation, our elder car mediators can assist families in working together to develop mutually acceptable plans. In elder care mediation, the family members, including the parents, choose who should be involved in the discussions and the topics to be included. The elder care mediation process provides a safe and respectful place to have a conversation where important information can be gathered, ideas are listened to and agreements are worked out.

What Kinds of Decisions Can Be Discussed?

In elder care mediation, the family may choose to discuss parental living arrangements, health and personal care, home making and repair, financial issues, trust and estate issues, power of attorney, as well as relationship issues.

What are the Advantages of Elder Care Mediation? 

• Parents can be involved as much as possible in decisions.
• Finances and tasks can be divided up.
• Families can build a "custom-made" plan that works well for them and avoid ending up in court.
• The elder care mediator will help the family to 'unblock' the problems.