Calling mediation involving older people "elder mediation" has always bothered me. It's like calling divorce mediation "wife mediation" or "husband mediation." It focuses on just one of the people involved. I cannot imagine saying to my mother or father, "Well, we are going to go see an elder mediator." To me, it has a condescending feel and a focus on the older person that is unnecessary and lopsided. Where did this "elder mediation" label come from? The field is relatively new so we still have time to change its name before this misnomer gets too firmly entrenched.
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Yes, or intergenerational mediation. Another term I've heard that also leaves the wrong aftertaste is 'elder care mediation'. The implication here for me is that the process is not about 'self-determination'. So how is it mediation?
Posted by: DIALOGIC | January 11, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with what you say. Thanks.
Posted by: StephanieWestAllen | January 18, 2009 at 08:08 PM