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Funerals
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Cremation — Everything You Need to Know About Cremation 
 "Cremation is just one form of preparing the body for final disposition. It's a process that reduces the body to its base elements." This site provides an explanation of the process of cremation, final resting place options, burial-at-sea rules, images of cremation urns, and more. Also includes a funeral home locator. From a "consumer information site about funeral planning and the funeral industry." http://www.funeralplan.com/funeralplan/cremation/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families Last updated Jul 21, 2005 The End of Life: Exploring Death in America
This National Public Radio (NPR) series from 1997-1998 explores a variety of aspects of death and dying in the United States. Topics include terminal illness, grief and bereavement, funeral homes, do-it-yourself and alternative funerals, reincarnation, and related subjects. Includes readings (poetry, essays, religious texts, images, and excerpts from novels, short stories, and plays) and a bibliography. http://www.npr.org/programs/death/ Topics: Death & Dying, Diseases & Conditions, Families, Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Aug 17, 2005 A Family Undertaking
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program that "explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home." Features include a chronology of death in the U.S., questions and answers from funeral experts, a gallery of postmortem photography, and links to related websites. http://www.pbs.org/pov/afamilyundertaking/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families Last updated Sep 8, 2009 Funeral Consumers Alliance
Site of a "nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral." Contains a directory of nonprofit funeral consumer groups, FAQs on planning and paying for funerals and burials, "state-by-state legislative activity that has some bearing on funeral-related and end-of-life issues," guidelines for filing a funeral or cemetery complaint, links to related resources, and more. http://www.funerals.org/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families Last updated Jun 8, 2005 FuneralNet
Listings are provided for funeral industry organizations, funeral associations, and cemeteries (mostly in the U.S. and Canada). Other notable features are information on What to Do When a Death Occurs and information for veterans, including burial at sea. There is also a classified ads section where one can search for jobs in the funeral industry and buy or sell cemetery property and funeral services and supplies. A commercial site from "the death care industry." http://funeralnet.com/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Technology Last updated Aug 9, 2008 Funerals: A Consumer Guide
This guide discusses the financial aspects of funerals in the U.S. Topics include pre-need planning, the Funeral Rule (enforced by the Federal Trade Commission) which "requires funeral directors to give you itemized prices in person and, if you ask, over the phone," different types of funerals (traditional, direct burial, and direct cremation), choosing a funeral provider, funeral costs, and services and products (such as caskets and cemetery sites). From the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/pro19.shtm Topics: Death & Dying Last updated Jun 24, 2008 Greener Ways to the Great Beyond
This article discusses options for environmentally friendly funerals, such as woodland burial sites, biodegradable caskets, and substitutes for traditional embalming. A sidebar article covers do-it-yourself and home funerals. From the website for Mother Earth News magazine. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/2003-04-01/Greener-Ways-to-the-Great-Beyond.aspx Topics: Death & Dying, Families Last updated Aug 13, 2008 MedlinePlus: End of Life Issues
Includes information on coping, advanced care planning, feeding tubes and ventilators, health care choices, palliative care, finances, funeral arrangements, and "What To Do Before and After the Moment of Death." Some material in Spanish. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endoflifeissues.html Topics: Death & Dying, Long-term Care Last updated May 15, 2005 Military Funeral Honors
Official government information from the U.S. Department of Defense about military funerals. Includes a FAQ and descriptions of who is eligible for military funeral honors and the core elements of the funeral honors ceremony. Also includes the governing sections of the U.S. Code and related links. http://www.militaryfuneralhonors.osd.mil/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Military Last updated Feb 4, 2004 The Natural Death Centre
The website for this British organization promoting "inexpensive, family-organised, and environmentally-friendly funerals" features information about natural (or woodland or green) burial grounds and alternatives for simple and green funerals. Includes annotated links to funeral companies and organizations (in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) that offer natural burial options, links to news coverage, and related information. http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/ Topics: Death & Dying, Families, History Last updated Apr 20, 2007 Prepaid Funeral Contracts & Burial Plots: A Guide for Medicaid Applicants
This 2007 fact sheet discusses the impact of owning a prepaid funeral contract or a burial plot on a person's right to obtain Medicaid benefits. Describes a prepaid funeral contract, considerations in buying a funeral contract or burial plot, and what happens to the money given to a funeral home. In English and Spanish. From the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut. http://www.larcc.org/pamphlets/elderly/funeral_contract.htm Topics: Death & Dying, Federal (U.S.) Government, Health Last updated Jul 9, 2008 State Funerals Steeped in Tradition
June 2004 article, written on the occasion of the death of President Ronald Reagan, about the general protocol of state funerals in the United States. Terms discussed include lying in state, repose, and casket transfer. Includes a description of military honors. Also includes links to related articles. From CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/07/national/main621511.shtml Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Presidents by Name, Society & Social Science Last updated Apr 5, 2005 |
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