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