Caregiver Conversations

Eldercaring Coordination: What Caregivers Need to Know

Episode Summary

This episode covers an overview of Eldercaring Coordination, the benefits and differences between elder mediation. We also discuss the new Eldercaring Coordination program in Michigan.

Episode Notes

Sue Bronson, M.S., LCSW, Co-Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution Elder Justice Initiative on Eldercaring Coordination, and lead trainer. Ms. Bronson is a mediator, trainer, and retired psychotherapist in Milwaukee, WI. Since 1983 she has been mediating family, elder, and workplace disputes and helping people engage in quality conversations. Ms. Bronson teaches mediation at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and is the lead author of Self-Assessment Tool for Mediators translated into three languages. Sue has served many national leadership roles in ACR, Elder Abuse, and currently, a discussion group “Implicit Bias and White Supremacy in the Conflict Resolution Field.”

Linda Fieldstone, M.Ed., Co-Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution Elder Justice Initiative on Eldercaring Coordination, is former president of AFCC and its Florida Chapter, was Secretary for the AFCC Task Force creating Guidelines for Parenting Coordination (2005) and Co-Recorder for the Task Force revising those guidelines (2019). Ms. Fieldstone was honored with the Sharon Press Excellence in ADR Award from the Florida Supreme Court (2018) for her “visionary leadership, professional integrity, and unwavering devotion to ADR.” She is involved in research, training, and consultation internationally and written articles on high conflict families, court services, parenting coordination and Eldercaring coordination.

Kristie King, MSW, Executive Director for the Senior Regional Collaborative, is a social worker and community advocate with nearly 20 years of experience in the Nephrology (kidney) field which includes providing direct clinical services as a Nephrology Social Worker and developing various community-based initiatives. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Wayne State University along with a Master of Social Work. Her leadership experience has included both the non-profit and government sectors, strategically focused on building community-based health and well-being, often with special attention to the aging population and issues of equity.

Podcast covers an overview of Eldercaring Coordination, the benefits and differences between elder mediation. We also discuss the new Eldercaring Coordination program in Michigan.