A timely opportunity for mediators to learn online from a highly experienced leader andtrainer in the field of Elder Mediation. It starts on Wednesday March 20, 2024
For more information contact Professor Dale Bagshaw: dale.bagshaw@unisa.edu.au
Elder Mediation Australasian Network
Elder Mediation Australasian Network
Elder Mediation Australasian Network - EMAN
The Elder Mediation Australasian Network (EMAN) is a newly formed network of professionals dedicated to
- raising awareness of elder mediation
- building knowledge about elder mediation
- developing professional ethics, standards and certification for elder mediators
- encouraging referrals to relevant services, including mediation and other services tailored to the circumstances of older people (our elders) in Australasia.
Elder mediators can assist older people, their families and significant others with difficult conversations, to make plans and to reach outcomes to disagreements – outcomes that work for the older persons, respect their rights and enhance their safety.
EMAN aims to be the network of choice for matters relating to Elder Mediation in the Australasian region. This website aims to:
- raise awareness of elder mediation and the activities and services of mediators and others who are members of EMAN
- provide information and knowledge about elder mediation for dispute resolution practitioners, other professionals and people wishing to access elder mediation services
- provide links to publications, conferences and other events and to relevant resources, services and websites
- promote EMAN and encourage others to join the network
The Elder Mediation Australasian Network and the Resolution Institute have partnered to produce a webinar series that will contribute to the knowledge base of elder mediators.
You will be able to count your viewing of these webinars towards your elder mediation certification with the Elder Mediation International Network. If you wish to access one of the following webinars please contact Dale Bagshaw (dale.bagshaw@unisa.edu.au). The fee is $30 for EMAN members and $35 for non-members.
Webinar | Developing policy to prevent and respond to ‘elder abuse’ (Resolution Institute in partnership with EMAN) with Susan Cochrane, Nick Tebbey and Professor Dale Bagshaw
with Dr Jodie Oliver-Baxter and Monika Kolta
with Linda Fieldstone, Michelle Morley, Sue Bronson, Dr Dale Bagshaw
Webinar recording | Elder Mediation and Legal Decision-Making Capacity (RI in association with EMAN)
with Dr Lise Barry and Dr Dale Bagshaw
Webinar recording | Elder mediation in the retirement village context (RI in association with EMAN)
with Dale Bagshaw, Margaret Halsmith and Anet Kate
Elder Mediation QandA Final March 2024 Videos
Elder Mediation QandA Final March 2024
Dear colleagues
The Elder Mediation Australasian Network (EMAN) Board and Resolution Institute Facilitative Elder Mediation Sub-Committee have put in a submission to the Mediation Standards Board for elder mediation to be considered as a new specialisation. Our proposal is that to be recognised as an elder mediator should require mediators to complete 30 hours of specialised elder mediation training and then the additional certification tasks required by the Elder Mediation International Network (EMIN). To this end, we have negotiated with the EMIN Board to make it easier for those who complete the elder mediation training to then complete the EMIN certification (basic or advanced), which we consider to be the ‘gold standard’.
As an outcome, EMIN has developed a special pilot project for mediators in Australia and New Zealand from February 2024 to January 2026 – see the details in the attached document EMIN Pilot Project Feb 2024 to Jan 2026. The EMIN website has now been set up to respond to people who want to apply to be an EMIN Certified Elder Mediator via the links in this attached document.
This EMIN pilot project offers substantially reduced costs and additional support for mediators who have completed (or plan to complete) 30 hours of elder mediation training provided by an EMIN Certified Elder Mediator (Advanced) trainer from 2015 to January 2026. In addition, the knowledge hours specified by EMIN to be completed can now be counted from 2015 onwards.
If you have completed two elder mediation workshops with an EMIN certified (Advanced) trainer – Dale Bagshaw &/or Judy Mccann-Beranger – you should have a credit of 40 hours and therefore will be eligible to register with EMIN for certification.
Those who have only completed 20 hours of elder mediation training to date will be able to enrol in a 10 hour online, up-skilling workshop with Dale Bagshaw to meet the 30-hour requirement (possibly 2 hours a week x 5 weeks – negotiable).
If you are wanting to be EMIN certified and need to do the 10-hour workshop, please notify me by email by January 31, 2024, so I can make the necessary arrangements.
If you have not completed any training and wish to enrol is a 30 hour online training program this year, please notify me by email by January 31, 2024, so I can make the necessary arrangements.
Warm regards
Interview Professor Dale BAGSHAW – PART 1
https://open.spotify.com/episode/01TdF9jncgMNUDWvFnFAvq?si=29e3ed26d0e641d3&nd=1
Episode Description
Dr Dale Bagshaw is the founder and Chair of EMAN, a nationally and internationally accredited mediator and an academic who leads the work in the elder mediation and ageing sectors. Her work has been dedicated to all aspects of alternative dispute resolution in the area of ageing for many years. Dale combines her extensive academic work and expertise with a love of Elder Mediation and a well-recognised desire to educate and train others to work in this sector. Her academic background enables her to understand the underlying challenges that face practitioners of any profile who decide to work with ageing issues and older population. Dale is a certified Elder Mediator (Advanced) with the Elder Mediation International Network (EMIN) and a member of the EMIN Board and Certification Committee. Over the past few years, Dale has been awarded a number of awards, to mention a few – in 2019, she was a recipient of the Association for Conflict Resolution’s John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award, which is presented annually in the US, for her international leadership; in 2014, the Michael Klug Award by the Board of LEADR for her innovation and national leadership in the dispute resolution field; in 2015 was awarded the Resolution Institute’s Practitioner Award for development and mentoring of dispute resolution practitioners, and in 2013, EMIN’s Sherren Award for her international contributions and leadership in the ageing sector.
Interview Professor Dale BAGSHAW – PART 2
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LAufaZ3aVHLdeWFyth1sC?si=cd4c0896e8c94f28&nd=1
Episode Description
This is the second part of my interview with Dr Dale Bagshaw, in which she talks about the importance of Elder Mediation, why it is different from other types of mediation and how we could best practice in this field. I thank Dr Bagshaw for her time and for sharing her wisdom.
Vesna Cvjeticanin Lawyer, NMAS Accredited Mediator Creator and Producer of Mediation Today
Webinar | Developing policy to prevent and respond to ‘elder abuse’ (Resolution Institute in partnership with EMAN)
Webinar | Developing policy to prevent and respond to ‘elder abuse’ (Resolution Institute in partnership with EMAN)
with Susan Cochrane, Nick Tebbey and Professor Dale Bagshaw
Tuesday 26 July, 2022 | Online
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (AEST)
Online | register
ELDER MEDIATION. POSITIONING OLDER ADULTS AT THE CENTRE IN AN AGEIST SOCIETY (20 MINUTES)
This is the link to dropbox version
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j06w00u82bioda6/DALE%20BAGSHAW%20SESSION%2017%20ELDER%20MEDIATION.mp4?dl=0
Reference: Presentation by Professor Dale Bagshaw at the Australian Institute of Family Studies 2022 Conference, Putting Families at the Centre, June 15-17, 2022.
Mediators for Elders, Sydney
A group of EMAN members have developed a logo and website for an elder mediation practice they have developed in NSW – located in Sydney.
Mediators for Elders, Sydney – https://www.mediatorsforelders.com.au/
ADRAC Discussion Paper on ‘DR, older people and Elder Mediation
ADRAC gratefully acknowledges the suggestions and input of Professor Dale Bagshaw who kindly reviewed this paper.
At present, all DR processes are available to any member of the community, regardless of age. This article concentrates on the use of what is called Elder Mediation for disputes involving older people because it is the most widely used DR process in this context.
http://www.adrac.org.au/adr-mapping/dr-older-people-and-elder-mediation
Elder abuse Understanding issues, frameworks and responses
Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson and Helen Rhoades, Research Report No. 35 — February 2016. https://aifs.gov.au/publications/elder-abuse This Report is now published on the Australian Institute of Family Studies website and provides an overview of elder abuse in Australia – including its characteristics, context, and prevention.
Safeguarding the rights of older South Australians and elder abuse
The South Australian Office for the Ageing (OFTA) has developed a public awareness campaign on safeguarding the rights of older South Australians and elder abuse. The campaign aims to safeguard older people against elder abuse and to help the South Australian community to recognise the signs and to take action if they suspect abuse is occurring.
Website address: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/stopelderabuse
Launch of Seniors Mediation Program
Family Mediation and Counselling Victoria and Benetas have launched a Seniors Mediation Program. Seniors Mediation is a unique type of mediation for elderly people and their families that uses a non-adversarial approach to resolving conflict or making important decisions. Contact: andrea.mcdougall@benetas.com.au
Research into elder mediation as a potential strategy to protect older people from financial abuse by their adult children
Seniors Victoria (page 3) has provided good coverage of research into elder mediation as a potential strategy to protect older people from financial abuse by their adult children – http://www.thesenior.com.au/News/Digital-Paper/Victoria
SA Health Services Plan for People with Dementia (and Delirium) draft
Here is a link to the Older People Clinical Network webpage where you will find the draft SA Health Services Plan for People with Dementia (and Delirium). The Older People Clinical Network welcomes any comments your may have on the plan.