How does hospice recommend funeral preparations?

For some, however, it can become important to use that time to prepare and make the process easier on the survivors after the passing has occurred. We do everything we can to ... If you are planning to fund the final expenses with life insurance we highly recommend you find and review the policy. read more

Among the hospices I've worked for and with (dozens nationally in the US), offering to help family members with funeral planning is built in to their services. Hospice considers the patient and the family as the "unit of care," so their services extend up to, through, and beyond the death of the patient. read more

If a hospice does recommend one particular funeral home, be very careful to check out prices and ask the funeral home what the "full price" is, what the "discount price" is, and whether you are getting any discount or not. read more