Category: Elder

IndisputablyIn a very unsurprising decision, the Supreme Court ruled 7-1 that a Kentucky nursing home can enforce contracts signed residents’...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly HayesYesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare...

People are often surprised to learn there is potential for conflict when a loved one is in hospice. Unfortunately, many...

Determining where, how and with whom a senior loved one should live out her golden years can present challenges for...

Indisputably On Monday, in The Fredericksburg Care Co., L.P. v. Perez, et al., 2016 WL 100844, the Supreme Court declined to...

Disputing Blog by Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly HayesA Sugar Land nursing home dispute that arose after an elderly...

Consensus Building Approach by Larry SusskindIn a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher In a recent article in the...

For years, there have been many who settle their divorces quietly and easily, without the stresses and costs of the...

Previously published in the Spring 2014 Family Mediation Quarterly.Inheritance disputes can be difficult to resolve.  They are tied up in...

Just Court ADR by Susan M. Yates,Jennifer Shack, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, and Jessica Glowinski.The story of the Detroit bankruptcy mediation’s...

I read Ken Cloke’s newest book, “The Dance of Opposites” over the last weekend and then yesterday I attended an...

Alzheimer’s.  Feared and dreaded. The word no one wants to hear. One out of every eight Americans is over the...

You want out. You no longer love or need your spouse. The kids are older, and you are now earning...

As the remaining baby boomers turn 50 this year, we continue to see a significant increase in divorce and separation...

Four out of ten American adults provide care for an aging relative, a figure that is projected to rise dramatically...

Is it just me - or does anyone else feel like everyone they know is either divorced, in the process...

Texas Conflict Coach Audio Blog by Pattie PorterFamilies today are assuming responsibility for the informal care of over 75 percent...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleAs our population ages, more and more people are being admitted to nursing homes at...

Texas Conflict Coach Audio Blog by Pattie PorterWhen families are faced with the long-term care arrangements for their aging parents...

Texas Collaborative Law BlogWhat happens when long-term marriages head to the divorce court? It's not pretty for either party. It...

By John Bertschler, Ph.D., Patricia Bertschler, PCC and J. Christopher Scott, MBAAs private practitioners in the field of mediation over...

Video where the owners of JK Belz Mediation and Crowley Legal Solutions discuss the mediation process. The owners also discuss...

The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) has released its much-anticipated new report: The State of Community Mediation. This fieldwide...

Neuroscience and Conflict Resolution Blog by Stephanie West AllenIf someone were to take video tapes (with no audio) of your...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. Pollack The second issue of ADR Times Perspectives (Vol. 1, No. 2, Nov. 2011,...

From Michael Zeytoonian's Dispute Settlement Counsel Blog What if your entire town made an official commitment to practicing legal wellness,...

Even before the recession I was asking anyone within shouting distance just exactly what the country was going to do...

My parents, 82 years young, are beginning to recognize that they want the input of their adult children in managing...

Thanks to @Dialogicmed on Twitter for pointing out this article. I have been noticing more articles on elder-care mediation and...

Apparently there is a nationwide upswing in divorce amongst an older demographic. This phenomenon is being called “Grey Divorce”. We...