Choose a licensed funeral director who has a good reputation in the community.Ask your funeral director how the funds are invested and check over time to ensure the funds are keeping pace with inflation.
Prior to purchasing any funeral goods or services or signing a preneed funeral contract, you should know your consumer preneed bill of rights.
AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that destroys the body’s natural ability to fight illness.
Many people choose to donate all or a part of their body to medicine. Here you will understand the differences in the two types of anatomical gifts.
Today’s funeral director offers a variety of options to meet your financial needs and wishes. Families should discuss all options with their funeral director when making arrangements.
Cremation is the second most common form of disposition in the United States. The percentage of cremations to deaths in the United States and Canada has increased steadily during the last two decades.
The practice of embalming has existed since early history throughout many lands and cultures. Embalming disinfects, temporarily preserves and restores, to an acceptable physical appearance, a dead human body.
Most of us expect to bury our parents someday. We can accept that they will grow old and die-that is nature’s way. But we do not expect to bury our children.
“Death is difficult to accept. When a loved one dies, we feel angry, confused or emotionally numb. We experience grief, which though painful, is a necessary part of the transition and healing process that allows us to separate ourselves from the deceased.
Hospice is a “concept of care,” rather than a place. Its main purpose is to provide the patient/family with the highest quality of life available to the dying.
