How do you dispose of a dead body?

[Anonymous]

Funeral home will pickup - and they pickup at all hours. Hospice nurse/physician will certify death and will help navigate everything.

Helpful to have spoken w/ the funeral home in advance but it isn't essential.

[Anonymous]

When my MIL died I just called the crematorium and they sent someone right away (within maybe an hour or two).

[Anonymous]

My experience was that hospice took the the lead and managed it all.

Prior to the death, hospice asked me to pick the funeral home I wanted to use and buy some cat liter for disposing of the cancer and pain meds. When the death happened, I called hospice, they came right over, talked with me about deciding on an exact time of death, filled out some paperwork, called the funeral home to tell them to come collect the body, and disposed of the cancer and pain meds in a trash bag full of cat liter. They informed the doctors and handled everything sending back the hospital bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the rush? Tomorrow is fine.

FYI, in some religions (Islam, Judaism, others) it's important to bury the dead ASAP. Ideally the day a person dies. It usually happens the next day, even in the US, or within 24 hours.

Whoa, please get your facts straight. In the jewish religion you do NOT bury the person the day they die!

Less attitude, please.
Being wrong is OK; being obnoxious is not.

https://www.shiva.com/learning-center/death-and-mourning/jewish-funerals-and-burial

"A Jewish funeral usually occurs within 24 hours after the death"


https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/367836/jewish/Basic-Laws-of-a-Jewish-Funeral.htm

"A Jewish funeral usually occurs within 24 hours after the death;"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the rush? Tomorrow is fine.

FYI, in some religions (Islam, Judaism, others) it's important to bury the dead ASAP. Ideally the day a person dies. It usually happens the next day, even in the US, or within 24 hours.

Whoa, please get your facts straight. In the jewish religion you do NOT bury the person the day they die!

Yeah, I am not jewish but that would concern me big time. I'd never be able to nap.

Vampires like you can rise from a grave, so don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My experience was that hospice took the the lead and managed it all.

Prior to the death, hospice asked me to pick the funeral home I wanted to use and buy some cat liter for disposing of the cancer and pain meds. When the death happened, I called hospice, they came right over, talked with me about deciding on an exact time of death, filled out some paperwork, called the funeral home to tell them to come collect the body, and disposed of the cancer and pain meds in a trash bag full of cat liter. They informed the doctors and handled everything sending back the hospital bed.

Why cat litter? The meds are liquid form ..?

[Anonymous]

If they are IN a hospice, the hospice staff will discuss with you what your options are/provide you with a list of funeral homes to call if they haven’t already. If they are receiving hospice level care at home, that’s a different scenario that I’m not personally familiar with, but I’d assume the nurse managing the care would also be able to recommend same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My experience was that hospice took the the lead and managed it all.

Prior to the death, hospice asked me to pick the funeral home I wanted to use and buy some cat liter for disposing of the cancer and pain meds. When the death happened, I called hospice, they came right over, talked with me about deciding on an exact time of death, filled out some paperwork, called the funeral home to tell them to come collect the body, and disposed of the cancer and pain meds in a trash bag full of cat liter. They informed the doctors and handled everything sending back the hospital bed.

Why cat litter? The meds are liquid form ..?

The hospice wants to make sure none of the meds are used by anyone else. They don't want to flush it down the toilet because it shouldn't enter the water supply. That is why they dump it into a bag of cat litter.

[Anonymous]

Hospice brought the cat litter when my dad passed. I’m grateful they didn’t assign tasks to us.

[Anonymous]

We called hospice and they came over, then we called the funeral home. I will say that hospice's #1 priority was confiscating all meds. It was sort of crazy because it was 3am in the morning and everyone is crying, but hospice kept hunting meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the rush? Tomorrow is fine.

FYI, in some religions (Islam, Judaism, others) it's important to bury the dead ASAP. Ideally the day a person dies. It usually happens the next day, even in the US, or within 24 hours.

i don't think you know what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Definitely research the funeral home in advance. Otherwise the EMTs will pick the place and you may pay a lot more than you need to depending on what you want. It's not pleasant but shop around ASAP. If they want to be cremated you can also look into direct cremation -- it's a much cheaper option than a funeral home if your loved one wants to keep the ashes. Then you can do a celebration of life on your own.

[Anonymous]

OP, one thing you will need to get from the funeral home or the crematorium if you go the direct route is LOTS of copies of the death certificate. 10-15. Easier to get them now but the widow/er will need to have them on hand for closing out accounts, etc.

I hope your friend has/had a peaceful ending.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry for your loss, and it’s kind of you to be helping.

If it’s not the funeral home picking up the body (it’s going to a morgue/hospital) follow up with the funeral home/hospital as well. My father passed in the hospital, the nurse told us we just needed to let him know what funeral home, but the hospital morgue needed authorization from his next of kin (my shell shocked mom) to call the funeral home. I only found this out 24 hrs later when following up to see about planning.

If there’s going to be a cremation before (or at, if you are Hindu) the funeral/services - there might be a bit of a delay, because some state/county medical examiners need to do a more thorough review of medical history to check for foul play.

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of a funeral home or crematorium not answering the phone. They have someone on call all the time.