As families navigate the complex issues and decisions surrounding aging, whether the issues involve elder care, living arrangements, changing needs, and the roles and responsibilities of family members, it can be challenging for even the closest families to make decisions together. Even more so when the decisions also impact the next generations.

At Feig Mediation Group we offer mediation services to help families work through difficult issues to find common ground, which can lead to greater alignment, reduced stress and costs, and preserving family relations.

Our supportive process provides structure and support to have important, necessary discussions about how they will support and care for the senior members of their families, now and into the future.

Mediation Can Help With Complicated Family Dynamics

By choosing mediation, you can have support for more constructive, solutions-oriented family discussions. Having a mediator to facilitate an important conversation can be a key support to stay on track and oriented on the future, instead of getting bogged down in past issues, concerns, or resentments.

Sometimes it’s how you disagree that gets in the way of reaching an agreement.

We understand how hard it can be to manage family dynamics while dealing with issues like where loved ones will live, how to create living spaces that will work for them as they grow older, what supports they will need, planning for medical and financial needs, estate planning, and general quality of life questions. It can sometimes feel like a difficult, often overwhelming, undertaking.

Mediation can help your family steer away from unnecessary – and unhelpful – dredging up of old issues and resentments from the past, so you can make decisions about the future.

Our intention in mediation is to help families have these important discussions in a structured way that avoids unnecessary conflict and empowers them to stay focused on what’s important to their situation. With a mediator’s support, they can discuss their needs and concerns, explore possible options and solutions, and then – in a more informed and cooperative way – make decisions together.

When needed, the mediation can also involve caregivers of loved ones, to help support their needs and dignity.

By having a mediator as a resource, families can keep everyone’s needs at the center of the conversation.

What Types of Issues Do We Mediate?

Our mediation services are available for a wide range of issues, including:

• Supporting the self-determination, dignity, and involvement of senior family members
• Maintaining quality of health and quality of life
• Living arrangements, aging in place, caregiving decisions and roles, engaging and managing supports
• Discussing caregiver support issues
• Estate planning and financial planning, including inheritance, powers of attorney, and trusts
• Planning for difficult medical issues, including dementia, Alzheimer’s, and chronic illness
• Making end of life and medical support decisions, medical directives, and living wills
• Preparing for the impact of future medical needs, such as insurance coverage including Medicare Part B, Medical Assistance, and prescription plans
• Navigating probate disagreements and issues involving disposition of cherished heirlooms and items
• Processing family decision making together
• Sharing the load and managing resources
• Keeping the family informed about important developments
• Empowering the next generations.

Learn More and Schedule Your Free Consultation

If you’re dealing with disagreements and conflicts involving elder care and aging-related issues, we’re here to help.  Contact us today using the form below to schedule a free 20 minute consultation and learn more about how our mediation services can help your family.  You also may call to set up a consultation at (301) 785-8972, or email us at erik@feigmediationgroup.com.

We welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with elder care attorneys, estate planners, financial planners, estate planning attorneys, court-appointed guardians, and other professionals to help our clients coordinate communications with each other and among their support teams.