Steps To Follow After Your Loved One Dies

There’s no way to describe how impactful losing a loved one could be in someone’s life. Such a hard moment still doesn’t rid us of the logistic and social responsibilities that may fall upon us on top of the emotional suffering that is to be faced after the death of a loved one. Overwhelming emotions make it even more difficult to reason properly, make decisions, and/or make the necessary funeral homes St Albans, WV arrangements. That’s why at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home & Crematorium we have made a list to help guide you in what to do next.

1. Get legal pronouncement of death, if at the moment it happened there wasn’t a doctor or a nurse around (let’s say because the person was living at home and not at a hospice or a hospital), you’ll still need someone to declare the time of death. So, call 911 if the person dies at home.
2. Transportation; If no autopsy is required, then you should arrange for the body to be transported to the funeral home. In St. Albans, WV Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home & Crematorium helps with everything, including transportation needs, funeral arrangements and/or cremation services.
3. Notify close friends and family. Sharing the news sooner rather than later is usually best. It’s customary to share the news with the immediate family first and then with close friends. If someone offers to help with spreading the news to those who care, let them. It should take some pressure off your shoulders and it would probably let the one offering contribute in a way, to help relieve the pain.
4. While you come up with a long-term plan, try to quickly find someone close who wants to help out and can step forward in the time that you’re arranging everything else with the funeral homes.
5. It’s understandable that you would like to respect the person’s desires and beliefs. Search for documents to find out whether there was a prepaid burial plan. Make funeral arrangements or decide if burial or cremation would be what your loved one would have wanted.
6. If possible, find out if the person happened to leave behind a will & testament.
7. Order a casket. Most people do this through their funeral homes because it’s a lot less stressful to let someone with a certain amount of expertise in the matter, handle this particularly delicate situation.
8. If the person lived alone, notify the Post Office so that the mail is forwarded to another address.
9. Determine whether you would need financial assistance. The average funeral costs could be hard to manage sometimes, especially if the death is unexpected and no planning had been done in advance. More and more these days, people are turning to the option of raising funds with the help of friends and families, to help alleviate the burden that can be losing a loved one, both emotionally and financially.
10. If you’re in St Albans, WV and you are looking for a funeral home to help you handle this situation, look no longer. Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home & Crematorium has been around for years helping families just like yours handle situations as difficult as this one.