When your loved one dies at home, you may not know where to begin – especially if it was an unexpected death. The first few hours after the death can be overwhelming and stressful. As you begin making decisions, some items will need to be addressed sooner than others. Read on to know which items you should address now.
Making a plan ahead of time, together, can help guide you and your family to a place of greater peace of mind and understanding. Loss is never easy, but making memorial arrangements in advance can help make it less difficult for everyone involved.
A memorial service is an event to honor and celebrate the life of a loved one who has passed. Personalized memorial services are an opportunity to remember your loved one and say goodbye with the help and support of your family and friends.
Most direct cremation providers allow you the option of dressing your loved one, yourself, prior to direct cremation if you prefer.
When exploring treatment and end of life care options, families often confuse hospice and palliative care. Hospice and palliative care both aim to provide pain and symptom relief for patients. While palliative care can be coupled with curative treatment, hospice care provides pain relief for patients with terminal illnesses who have ended all curative treatments and have a life expectancy under six months. All hospice care is a type of palliative care, but not all palliative care is hospice.