NFDA Consumer Guide to Advance Funeral Planning
This guide provides the information you need to make knowledgeable decisions when you arrange a funeral in advance for yourself or a loved one. Topics covered include pre-funded funeral agreements, pre-need contracts, the types of funding available and other factors to consider. More and more people today are choosing to plan in advance for their own or a loved one's funeral as an alternative to having others make the decisions for them. The advantages make sense.
This guide provides the information you need to make knowledgeable decisions when you arrange a funeral in advance for yourself or a loved one. Topics covered include pre-funded funeral agreements, pre-need contracts, the types of funding available and other factors to consider. More and more people today are choosing to plan in advance for their own or a loved one's funeral as an alternative to having others make the decisions for them. The advantages make sense.
Planning a Meaningful Funeral Service
A funeral service that's both meaningful and memorable should be as unique as the individual being celebrated. It should be a ceremony, reflecting personal values, interests and experiences - all the things that form the rich tapestry of a life worth celebrating. A meaningful funeral service is an essential life occasion that truly helps family and friends begin the healing process. To assist your funeral director, there are steps you can take to create an event that will allow everyone to say goodbye - and to remember the life being celebrated.
A funeral service that's both meaningful and memorable should be as unique as the individual being celebrated. It should be a ceremony, reflecting personal values, interests and experiences - all the things that form the rich tapestry of a life worth celebrating. A meaningful funeral service is an essential life occasion that truly helps family and friends begin the healing process. To assist your funeral director, there are steps you can take to create an event that will allow everyone to say goodbye - and to remember the life being celebrated.
Planning Your Funeral in Advance
You plan for your first home, your child's education and your retirement. Having and keeping an organized plan is helpful toward being prepared and living comfortably in the future. More and more families are realizing this, as well as the benefits of planning their funerals ahead of time. Many people often feel a little uneasy when they think about their own, or a loved one's, funeral. This is a normal reaction. But preplanning a funeral can offer a surprising degree of emotional, and sometimes even financial, security. It can also relieve your family of having to make important decisions during a period of stress and grief.
You plan for your first home, your child's education and your retirement. Having and keeping an organized plan is helpful toward being prepared and living comfortably in the future. More and more families are realizing this, as well as the benefits of planning their funerals ahead of time. Many people often feel a little uneasy when they think about their own, or a loved one's, funeral. This is a normal reaction. But preplanning a funeral can offer a surprising degree of emotional, and sometimes even financial, security. It can also relieve your family of having to make important decisions during a period of stress and grief.
Funeral Planning Guide
This guide is recorded information on decisions that your loved one has made in advance to help surviving relatives in handling funeral arrangements. In this booklet you following information: Estate, Vital Statistics, Obituary, Funeral & Cremation Information, Cemetery, Social Security, Veteran's, Wills, Life Insurance, Real Estate Assets.
This guide is recorded information on decisions that your loved one has made in advance to help surviving relatives in handling funeral arrangements. In this booklet you following information: Estate, Vital Statistics, Obituary, Funeral & Cremation Information, Cemetery, Social Security, Veteran's, Wills, Life Insurance, Real Estate Assets.
Healing After The Loss Of a Loved One
This guide is recorded information on decisions that your loved one has made in advance to help surviving relatives in handling funeral arrangements. In this booklet you will find the following information: Estate, Vital Statistics, Obituary, Funeral & Cremation Information, Cemetery, Social Security, Veteran's, Wills, Life Insurance, Real Estate Assets.
This guide is recorded information on decisions that your loved one has made in advance to help surviving relatives in handling funeral arrangements. In this booklet you will find the following information: Estate, Vital Statistics, Obituary, Funeral & Cremation Information, Cemetery, Social Security, Veteran's, Wills, Life Insurance, Real Estate Assets.
Helping Children Through Their Grief
The death of a loved one is a painful and confusing experience for anyone at any age. For a child, though, it can be especially traumatic and can present special challenges for parents, grandparents and other adults in a child's life. Children look to adults for support, answers and advice while they work their way through grief and try to develop an understanding of death.
The death of a loved one is a painful and confusing experience for anyone at any age. For a child, though, it can be especially traumatic and can present special challenges for parents, grandparents and other adults in a child's life. Children look to adults for support, answers and advice while they work their way through grief and try to develop an understanding of death.
Understanding Cremation
Cremation is becoming a popular part of the American funeral. While so many people are seeking more options for meaningful funeral services, they've realized what cremation can offer, especially within the context of a ceremony. Cremation serves as a dignified and powerful method of commemorating a life worth celebrating, an important first step in the healing process. This guide outlines what you should know about cremation, making the right choices, cremation options and questions to ask when considering cremation.
Cremation is becoming a popular part of the American funeral. While so many people are seeking more options for meaningful funeral services, they've realized what cremation can offer, especially within the context of a ceremony. Cremation serves as a dignified and powerful method of commemorating a life worth celebrating, an important first step in the healing process. This guide outlines what you should know about cremation, making the right choices, cremation options and questions to ask when considering cremation.