Quibbling Siblings: Eldercare Edition
William Penn may have branded Philadelphia the City of Brotherly Love,
but in 1996 I came back to my hometown out of affection for my sisters.
After spending almost two decades in New York, Boston and pre-Portlandia
Oregon, I returned to where Margaret and Diane, and our long-divorced
parents, had continued to live. I was still there eight years later when
our father’s long-dormant prostate cancer resurfaced, crashing into his
and our lives with an inoperable stage 4 vengeance. Because he was
dying and needed help, my sisters and I stepped into what some call the
parallel universe of caregiving, a labyrinthine shadow world we couldn’t
see until we entered it. The two bewildering, infuriating and
grace-filled years that followed not only required us to figure out how
to navigate it all—the catastrophes and confusion and looming sorrow—as
we supported our father up to his last breath but also permanently
shifted how I feel about my sisters.
Boston Business Journal
Doug
Baumoel was quoted as a leading professional in the July 9th edition of
the Boston Business Journal in an article on how family businesses are
dealing with the recession.
Click on the link below to check out the article!
Oh, Brother! With Parents Aging, Squabbling Siblings Turn to Elder Mediation
Blair Trippe, Continuity's Senior Consultant, was recently quoted in an article featured inthe AARP online magazine. The article discusses the difficult that arises when siblings are forced to make challenging decisions for their parents, whichthey can no longer make for themselves.
Click the link below to check out this insightful article
Managing Family Business Conflict: A Collaborative Approach
The current release of the Thomson/West Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide has a new chapter written by Douglas Baumoel, founder of Continuity Family Business Consulting:Managing Family Business Conflict: A Collaborative Approach.
The Chapter examines the deep seated, systemic nature of family business conflict and the complicating factor of the continuing relationships which matter so fundamentally.
Click on the link below to check out the guide:
Working Together After Divorce
By Blair Trippe and Rikk Larsen
January 2009
Talk More Than Turkey
By Blair Trippe
Metrowest Daily News
November 2009
When Giving to World Peace is No Longer Peaceful: Mediation and the Seven Principles for Managing Conflict in Family Foundations
By Blair Trippe and Rikk Larsen
July 2007
Tough Elder Decisions: The Mediation Option
By Blair Trippe and Rikk Larsen
May 2004
