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WHEN DEATH OCCURS
No matter if a death is sudden, or if When death occurs at a hospital/
it’s something that was a long time nursing home/hospice
coming, the loss of a loved one makes The staff of a care facility such as a
us feel emotional and overwhelmed. hospital or a nursing home will notify
No amount of preparation can fully you and the necessary authorities
prepare you for the loss of a loved immediately after a death has
one. When you are in a heightened occurred. If a funeral home has been
emotional state, even the most basic provided to the hospital or nursing
decisions can seem staggering. The home, they will be notified at the time
following is a rough guideline of what of death. In any case please contact
needs to be done within the first 24 the funeral director to discuss funeral
hours after death. arragengements.
When death occurs at home or a Informing a Funeral Director
place of business Once everything has been cleared
If the person was not under hospice with the proper authorities, the next
care, the police will have to be call you place should be to a licensed
notified immediately. The police will funeral director. Funeral directors are
be dispatched to the home and place here to help transport the body, and in
the call to the coroner. From there the the event pre-planning was not done,
coroner will determine whether further select a casket/urn and arrange the
action is necessary. The coroner must funeral/memorial service. The funeral
release the body before a funeral director will also provide you with
home can do anything. If the person Proofs of Death and help you notify
was under hospice care, contact the government agencies for benefits
hospice representative if they were such as the Canada Pension Plan
not present and they will notify family Death Benefit and if applicable the
members what the proper procedures
are to follow.
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