Name: Mediation
Item: Mediation
Author: Marie Eaton

Agency: Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center

While conflict is natural and common, it can sometimes be challenging to resolve on your own. People use mediation as an affordable, efficient, and effective process to engage directly with each other, aided by a neutral, professional third party. Mediators uses facilitative, interest-based process to assist parties in creating their own agreements which address the interests of all parties involved. Anyone involved in a conflict in which both parties are willing to come to the table can use mediation. The WDRC is a nonprofit operating on a sliding-scale. We never turn anyone away for lack of funds.

Elder Mediation can work well for:

• Residency decisions

• Health care decisions

• Care giving duties

• Financial concerns

• Decision-making issues

• End-of-Life decisions

• Wills, trusts & estates

• Safety concerns

• Well being of the client

Benefits of participating in elder mediation include:

• Creates safe, confidential, and affordable space for difficult conversations

•Improves communication between family members

• Eases the end-of-life process

• Fosters ongoing relationships

• Preserves family bonds in a time of transition

• Address difficult topics respectfully & collaboratively

• Draws on the collective creativity of an entire family

• Deescalates conflict in a time of high emotion

• Focuses on enhancing quality of life

• Preserves the autonomy of aging family members

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Handicapped Accessibility: Yes

Contact Person and Title: Cynthia Moore, Family Case Manager

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