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What should I do when a death occurs? images that are present when death
Whether sudden or anticipated, call occurs. Grief counselors recognize
your funeral home of choice. A funeral the importance of the funeral and the
director is available 24 hours a day, 7 viewing of the deceased in facilitating
days a week, including holidays. They the acceptance of a death. In the
will guide according to your individual opinion of many grief professionals,
situation. families that are deprived of the
opportunity to memorialize and
Can your funeral home conduct a visualize the deceased have more
funeral service in another location? of a difficult time with grief and the
Yes. Many funeral homes will allow grieving process.
another funeral director access to
their facilities for the convenience of What is embalming?
serving the family. It is the process of chemically treating
the deceased human body, using
What if a death occurs in another the circulatory system. This is done
state/town? in order to achieve disinfection,
Upon notification of the death, call sanitation, preservation and
your local funeral home of choice. restoration. It temporarily interrupts
Your funeral director will be able to organic decomposition and restores
make the necessary arrangements to a physical appearance of natural form
transfer the deceased from the place and color. Restoration in embalming
of death to the local funeral home’s focuses on the physical presentation
care. This relieves the family of the of the deceased, and aims to recreate
stress and financial burden of dealing a naturalness of form and colors.
with multiple funeral homes. Restoration is often referred to as
the artistic element of the embalming
Why are public viewings important? process.
Viewing the deceased allows family
and friends to begin the process of Is embalming required by law?
acceptance. Seeing the deceased does Embalming is not required by law.
not increase the pain, on the contrary, It is, however, generally required to
in most cases it actually minimizes the allow long delays between death
disbelief, fantasies and often distorted
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