As an Elder Care Mediator, families often reach out to me for help when adult children have different opinions about what’s best for their aging parents, e.g. what care they need or where they should live. But lately I’ve been working with some families who disagree about a different topic: If some adult children live close to their parents and others live further away, should they be treated the same? Conflicts about this question can arise either between the adult siblings, or between the parent(s) and their children. Here are a couple of examples from my recent practice: I’m happy that I already facilitated a mediation session with the first family, in which the parties were able to hear and …

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