In essence if you have to force it they will fight it. If they don't fight it, then it's not forced. A wet vs. dry situation, if I may.
I feel if it's offered, peopeple will likely accept it. What you can "force" (though that's not a proper term) is to at least brief them on what they went through, how it can affect them, and then offer them resolution.

Boy, if I had any idea what I was going through and going to experience, I'd take such an offer up in a heart beat! I just want a good life. And right now, I'm living in my own hell.