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circulatory system. This is done in order
What should I do when a death occurs? to achieve disinfection, sanitation,
Whether sudden or anticipated, call preservation and restoration. It
your funeral home of choice. A funeral temporarily interrupts organic
director is available 24 hours a day, 7 decomposition and restores a physical
days a week, including holidays. They appearance of natural form and color.
will guide according to your individual Restoration in embalming focuses on the
situation. physical presentation of the deceased,
and aims to recreate a naturalness of
Can your funeral home conduct a form and colors. Restoration is often
funeral service in another location? referred to as the artistic element of the
Yes. Many funeral homes will allow embalming process.
another funeral director access to
their facilities for the convenience of Is embalming required by law?
serving the family. Embalming is not required by law. It is,
however, generally required to allow long
What if a death occurs in another delays between death and the funeral.
state/town? A funeral home may require embalming
Upon notification of the death, call for open casket viewing during the
your local funeral home of choice. funeral process. It effectively protects
Your funeral director will be able to funeral workers, family members and
make the necessary arrangements friends alike from a wide range of
to transfer the deceased from the potential hazards, and removes the
place of death to the local funeral unpleasant changes caused to the body
home’s care. This relieves the family by death. Embalming is required when
of the stress and financial burden of final disposition is in another country.
dealing with multiple funeral homes. Funeral directors must adhere to the
Your funeral director can and will requirements of the receiving country,
coordinate everything for you. and will obtain such requirements
from the nearest local embassy of that
Why are public viewings important? country.
Viewing the deceased allows family
and friends to begin the process of What options are available besides in
acceptance. Seeing the deceased does ground burial?
not increase the pain, on the contrary, Besides in ground burial, a family may
in most cases it actually minimizes the choose to have an entombment, placing
disbelief, fantasies and often distorted of the casket in an above ground
images that are present when death enclosure, or cremation.
occurs. Grief counselors recognize
the importance of the funeral and the Can I still have a funeral service with the
viewing of the deceased in facilitating body present if I chose cremation?
the acceptance of a death. In the opinion Yes, cremation, as in burial or entombment
of many grief professionals, families is a form of final disposition. Cremation
that are deprived of the opportunity to is very much a part of the traditional
memorialize and visualize the deceased funeral
have more of a difficult time with grief process. There may or may not be a wake,
and the grieving process. a funeral service is either in a place of
worship or at the funeral home. Following
What is embalming? the service, the deceased is taken to the
It is the process of chemically treating place of final disposition, the crematory.
the deceased human body, using the Some families will accompany the
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