Symposium on Ethical Standards for Elder Mediation

The Montgomery County Mediation Center, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, and Temple University’s Elderly Law Project is sponsoring the First National Symposium on Ethical Standards for Elder Mediation on April 19-20, 2007 at the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.

The Symposium will feature Harry R. Moody, Nancy Neveloff Dubler and Robert Baruch Bush who will be joined by distinguished panelists from the fields of mediation, elder law, gerontology, bioethics, and geriatric healthcare in an effort to examine the ethical issues that arise during mediation involving older adults.

Elder mediation is a rapidly growing specialty of mediation practice and reflects the confluence of two trends: an increasing elder population and the growing appreciation of the value of mediation.  With the development of elder mediation practice has emerged a set of issues particular to the aging population.  The First National Symposium on Ethical Standards for Elder Mediation will bring together mediators and interested stakeholders from many disciplines within the aging services network to exchange ideas, share experience and work to define best practices and ethical standards.  Products of the Symposium will include recommendations for standards of practice, the identification of topics for further examination and published articles in a scholarly journal.