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When Death Occurs
No matter if a death is sudden, or if notify family members what the proper
it is something that was a long time procedures are to follow.
coming, the loss of a loved one makes
us feel emotional and overwhelmed. When a death occurs at a hospital/
No amount of preparation can fully nursing home/hospice facility
prepare you for the loss of a loved The staff of a care facility such as a
one. When you are in a heightened hospital or a nursing home will notify
emotional state, even the most basic you and the necessary authorities
decisions can seem staggering. The immediately after a death has
following is a rough guideline of what occurred. If a funeral home has been
needs to be done within the first 24 provided to the hospital or nursing
hours after death. home, they will be notified at the time
of death. If you are present at the
When death occurs at home or a hospital when the funeral director
place of business arrives, they will ask a few questions
If the person was not under hospice about the deceased wishes and set up
care, the police will have to be notified a time to come into the funeral home
immediately. The police will be to make arrangements, however, if you
dispatched to the home and place the are not present a funeral director will
call to the medical examiner, and if the contact you by telephone to discuss
family so chooses, can place the call these arrangements.
to a funeral home as well. From there
the medical examiner will determine Informing the Funeral Home
whether further action is necessary. Once everything has been cleared
The medical examiner must release with the proper authorities, the next
the body before a funeral home can call you place should be to the funeral
do anything. If no further action was home. Funeral directors are here to
deemed necessary by the medical help in obtaining a death certificate,
examiner, the funeral home staff will transporting the body, and in the event
transfer the body to the funeral home. pre-planning was not done, selecting a
If the person was under hospice care, casket/urn and arranging the funeral/
contact the hospice representative if memorial service. The funeral director
they were not present and they will
notify
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