KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL FAMILY MEDIATION By Decades LLC

Introduction With offices spanning Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las

Cruces, New Mexico, Decades, LLC, provides a host of services for the elderly and adults who are vulnerable. Decades, LLC, acts as conservator and guardian for those unable to make financial and medical decisions on their own. Decades, LLC, additionally maintains a family mediation expert on staff, who offers professional guidance when serious disagreements arise about an elderly loved one.

In finding areas of compromise in seemingly intractable family issues, it makes sense to look at the situation from a new angle. Rather than playing the blame or guilt card, family members should carefully examine the actual cause of the disagreement.

Successful Family Mediation Once you have two or more parties willing to sit down

and admit that a problem exists, the chance for reaching a solution is greatly increased.

One key to compromise is communication, and each party must be given the space to fully express his or her opinion. It is also critical that viewpoints can be expressed without a sense of fear or pressure. Unfortunately, in cases of serious divergences of opinion, issues can escalate into a vocal battle in which pride and ego are at stake. An experienced mediator can ratchet down the level of combativeness, to a point where solutions for the common good are possible.