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How to Start the Preplanning Conversation with Your Loved
Ones
Set a time to have the conversation. Schedule it as an
appointment with your loved ones, whether you want to share your plans with
them or ask them to share their plans with you.
Tell your parent or loved one that you want to ensure their
final arrangements are done according to their wishes, and you need their help
to make that happen.
Ease into the conversation. Questions such as "Have you
ever thought about where you would like to be buried?" or "What type
of funeral would you like to have?" may open the discussion to more
details about your loved one's wishes.
Take advantage of funeral-related opportunities. Attending the
funeral of a friend, family member or colleague, or watching a movie or
television show with funeral scenes, may naturally prompt the discussion with
your own loved ones. Talk about what you liked or didn't like about the
services you saw or attended.
Tell your children or loved ones that because you care for them
so much, you don't want to burden them with difficult decisions when you're
gone. Explain that you've made your own final arrangements, and give them a
written record of what they are.
Make it a family affair. Schedule an appointment with your
funeral home or cemetery provider and invite your loved ones along to
participate in the creation of your personalized celebration.
Why Funeral Preplanning Makes Sense
Take responsibility for your arrangements. Just as estate
planning and creating a will are responsible actions, planning your final
arrangements in advance makes emotional and financial sense and protects your
loved ones from the burden of planning services for you.
Eliminate guesswork for your family. When you make your funeral
arrangements in advance, you'll help alleviate your family's burden of making
difficult decisions at what will be an already difficult time. With your wishes
recorded, they won't be left to guess what you would have wanted.
Personalize your service. Making your final arrangements in
advance allows you to influence the personal details that are important to you.
Celebrate your life, your way.
Find the value and quality you want. Investigating different
funeral homes is an important part of making final arrangements. Comparison
shopping allows you to find the value and quality of service that's right for
you.
5 Things You Need to Know About Preplanning a Funeral
1.
Be informed about
the choices available. Prearranging gives
you the opportunity to become informed about your options in an unpressured
environment, when you have time to think things through. You can select and
specify the services and personalized details that truly have meaning to you
and your family.
2.
Record your wishes. Many people think they have taken care of everything by
writing a will, establishing a living will or even purchasing their cemetery
plot. But that's not all. Your survivors benefit most when you prearrange. You
should make sure that your wishes are recorded in writing and shared with
family members and your attorney.
3.
Talk about it with
your family. Involving those
most affected by your death can bring peace of mind and relief to those who
will have to carry out your wishes. More importantly, knowing your wishes and
carrying them out can bring great comfort to surviving family members and
friends.
4.
Consider planning
and prepaying for your arrangements. Planning your funeral or cremation service in advance can take
care of the details. But only prearranging (prepaying for your services) can
take care of the actual expense of the funeral ahead of time, easing the future
financial burden on your loved ones.
5.
Insurance may not
be enough. Insurance policies
are not protected against inflation. Prices of products and services will
continue to rise while the amount of your policy coverage remains the same.
Your loved ones may not have enough left from the insurance coverage to cover
the higher cost of your funeral expenses. Prearrangements purchased through
your local Dignity Memorial® professionals combine the benefits of
insurance with a guaranteed funeral or cremation service and price, leaving the
insurance untouched for the living.
Be
Informed About The Choices Available
No one wants to think about planning
for their own funeral. How would you like to be remembered? Your funeral or
cremation service should be personalized to reflect your wishes and should
bring comfort to your family and friends.
Today no two services are alike. Videos,
photographs, music, special readings and the involvement of family and friends
are all appropriate and encouraged.
Prearranging gives you the opportunity
to become informed about your options in an unpressured environment, when you
have the time to think things through. You’re in full control and you can
select and specify the services that truly have meaning to you and your family.
A
Sensible Way to Make Informed Decisions Before Your Time of Need
The death of someone you care for,
together with wanting to make the right decision—especially when you have a
limited amount of time to attend to all the details—leaves many families
feeling overwhelmed. Often these decisions must be made when a family is
grieving and is the least prepared.
Many people have done everything they
can to protect their family’s future: invested wisely, opened savings accounts
and acquired insurance on their life and home, but they haven’t taken care of
their own funeral arrangements—leaving one of the most difficult tasks to their
loved ones to figure out at a time of sadness and loss. That’s why it’s so
important to give serious thought to your personal wishes and to plan your
services in advance.
Talk
About it With Your Family and Incorporate Their Wishes
A funeral or memorial service is an
important part of the grieving process. For family members and loved ones
alike, the service provides an opportunity to express their grief, to share
memories and to celebrate a life lived.
When planning your funeral or memorial
service, the opinions and wishes of your family should be considered.
Prearranging is an excellent time for families to discuss and make objective
decisions calmly and rationally together, away from the pressures and stress
that often occur at a time of sadness and loss.
Involving those most affected by your
death can bring peace of mind and relief to those who will have to carry out
your wishes. More importantly, knowing your wishes and carrying them out can
bring great comfort to surviving family members and friends.
That’s why many people find
prearranging their funeral or memorial service is the best decision they can
make for themselves and their family.
THE
DIGNITY DIFFERENCE
Dignity
Memorial® professionals are committed to providing a superior customer
experience. In addition to celebrating each life with highly personalized
send-offs, there are many unique benefits and services that only your Dignity
Memorial providers can offer.
100%
DIGNITY SERVICE GUARANTEE
We are fully committed to service
beyond expectation. With that promise we offer this guarantee: if there is
anything we can do to better serve you before, during or after the service, let
us know and we will act on it immediately.
THE
COMPASSION HELPLINE®
The Compassion Helpline offers
families unlimited complimentary phone access to professional grief counselors for
13 months after services are provided by any Dignity Memorial provider
throughout North America. In addition, anyone who attends a visitation, chapel
or memorial service will have three months access to the Compassion Helpline. Services provided by
Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc.
BEREAVEMENT
TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
Our nationwide network allows us to
partner with global experts who will assist you and your family with
time-sensitive travel arrangements. The benefit to you is clear: providing the
best available options so that you can be with those who mean so much when it
matters most.
DIGNITY
MEMORIAL GUIDANCE SERIES®
Losing someone close to you and the
accompanying grief can be hard to comprehend. Our Guidance Series, a grief management
resource library, was developed to support and comfort anyone dealing with
these complex emotions.
PERSONAL
PLANNING GUIDE
The Dignity Memorial Personal Planning
Guide is a valuable tool to help you organize vital end-of-life information. It
takes you through the planning process step by step and lets you record your
final wishes, personal affairs, family heritage, military history, estate
information and more into a single, centralized document.
NATIONAL
PLAN TRANSFER ABILITY
When you have a plan with a Dignity
Memorial provider and move more than 75 miles away, your prearranged funeral services
are fully transferable and will be honored by more than 2,000 Dignity Memorial
providers in North America.
CHILD
& GRANDCHILD COVERAGE
If you have a Dignity Memorial plan in
place, and should you suffer the loss of a child or grandchild, we will provide
complimentary funeral or cremation services up to the same level as your plan
through any Dignity Memorial provider nationwide. Please note that the
child or grandchild must be under the age of 21 and unmarried. This plan is not
available in Maryland.
TRANSPORTATION
& RELOCATION PROGRAM
The unexpected death of a loved one
can be startling and emotionally difficult to navigate. When that person is far
away, it can add an additional layer of stress. With just one phone call, our
professionals will take care of all the necessary details to bring your loved
one home so that you can focus on honoring their memory. Program services
offered by Medical Air Services Association, Inc. and its affiliates.
FAMILY
PROTECTION PLAN
Should you pass away before your
purchased cemetery property is paid for, our Family Protection Plan ensures
that any remaining balance due to the cemetery will be waived and
will not be your family’s
responsibility. Some
restrictions may apply.
East Lawn Palms Mortuary &
Cemetery, Funeraria del Angel South Lawn, Desert Rose Heather Cremation &
Burial, and Funeraria del Angel are your local Dignity Memorial® providers.
They can explain all of the options available to you and can accommodate your
wishes to make your celebration a truly unique and personal experience.
For More Information, Visit us Online @
www.EastLawnPalms.com
www.SouthLawnCemetery.com
www.FunerariaDelAngelSL.com
www.FunerariaDelAngelTucson.com
www.DignityMemorial.com
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www.SouthLawnCemetery.com
www.FunerariaDelAngelSL.com
www.FunerariaDelAngelTucson.com
www.DignityMemorial.com
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