Intergenerational Mediation
Intergenerational mediation provides a safe, cooperative forum to help families navigate complex life transitions, business continuity, and care responsibilities across all stages of life.
These situations often involve aging parents, adult children, caregivers, and business partners working through vital decisions regarding living arrangements, estate planning, and family business succession.
This supportive approach guides families through productive conversations, effectively reducing conflict so everyone can move forward with clarity, mutual understanding, and a shared vision for the future.
Contact Us
MN Dewar Family Resolutions provides mediation and family decision-support services for individuals and families across Ontario.
info@mndewarresolutions.ca
905-931-0057
What This Includes
Intergenerational mediation provides constructive support for families navigating:
- Caregiving and Wellness: Dividing daily caregiving roles, managing burnout, and planning for current or future medical needs.
- Living and Housing Decisions: Selecting independent living arrangements, assisted living facilities, or nursing care.
- Family Business Succession: Navigating leadership transitions, operational continuity, and shared business responsibilities.
- Financial and Estate Planning: Managing financial contributions, asset distribution, and executing power of attorney choices.
- Communication and Tensions: Resolving long-standing communication barriers and deep-seated disagreements between siblings or extended family.
Who This Is For
Intergenerational mediation is specifically designed for:
- Caregiving Families: Families supporting aging parents or relatives through changing health and lifestyle needs.
- Adult Siblings: Adult children navigating complex caregiving dynamics, financial contributions, or estate decisions.
- Family Business Owners: Founders, successors, and partners working through leadership transitions and business continuity.
- Conflicted Relatives: Families experiencing tension, communication breakdowns, or disagreements regarding care or inheritance.
- Proactive Planners: Individuals seeking a neutral, guided environment to address sensitive family topics before a crisis occurs.
What To Expect
Our sessions are designed to facilitate respectful, collaborative, and highly productive conversations between family members.
During the mediation process, we work together to:
The process may involve:
- Identify Core Priorities: Pinpoint and focus on the specific concerns that matter most to everyone involved.
- Clarify Family Roles: Define clear expectations, boundaries, and individual responsibilities moving forward.
- Explore Viable Options: Guide open discussions to understand different perspectives and uncover new solutions.
- Build Practical Agreements: Formulate realistic, actionable plans rooted in mutual understanding.
By taking a proactive approach, we help your family shift away from stressful, reactive responses. Instead, we focus on long-term transition planning that delivers thoughtful, sustainable outcomes, ensuring everyone moves forward with dignity and peace of mind.
Government & Professional Resources
We have compiled the following trusted resources and legal guidelines to support your family through caregiving planning, legislative requirements, and business succession:
Caregiving & Senior Support
1.Ontario Programs and Services for Seniors
https://www.ontario.ca/page/guide-programs-and-services-seniors
2.Elder Abuse Information (Ontario)
https://www.ontario.ca/page/information-about-elder-abuse
3.Steps to Justice – Elder Law Topics
https://stepstojustice.ca/legal-topic/elder-abuse/
4.Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)
https://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/
Health & Community Care Support
- Home and Community Care Support Services
https://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/
Relevant Legislation
- Substitute Decisions Act (Ontario)
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/92s30
- Health Care Consent Act (Ontario)
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/96h02
Pricing
Intergenerational mediation services are offered on an hourly basis or through tailored multi-session packages, depending on your family’s unique needs.
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Facing Complex Family Care or Estate Decisions?
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