Death etiquette Flashcards
This is called the notification adapt to the theater home, made by the family to request the removal and transfer of the deceased to the funeral home.
What is a first call?
The Funeral role provides that the Funeral Director must be prepared with this pricing information over the telephone. This is called what?
What is telephone price disclosure?
Kin refers to blood relatives so legally the surviving spouse is not considered Kin….is this true or false.
This is true: the surviving spouse would be the nearest relative, but would not be considered Kinz
- The full name of the dead
- the location of the dead,
- the name, phone number and relationship of the caller.
- the name and number of the next of kin, - the name of the attending physician/ find out who is signing the DC
- the age of the deceased -prearrangements
- Disposition arrangement
- and identify the person in charge of making the arrangements
are all required to be gathered by the funeral director during this pivotal call
What is the first call?
- Mortuary or ambulance COT
- collapsible stretcher,
- straps,
- cot cover,
- sheets,
- rubber, or plastic sheets,
- towels,
- moist hand wipes
- disaster pouches,
- pillow, or head block
These are all things that should be available for aspect of the funeral process .
What is the list of transfer equipment that should be kept in the transfer vehicle at all times
- Confirm identity
- use protective equipment
- Remove dentures
- Wrap, body in sheet or body bag
- Immediately take deceased to transfer vehicle
- Meet with family to go over GPL
- Obtain and secure, written permission to transfer and embalm
What are the general transfer procedures for transferring the deceased from a home or institution?
This serves as a public deaf notice and may contain funeral service information, always a short biography of the disease and sometimes is accompanied by a picture…
What is an obituary?
This is a printed pamphlet for attendees and usually includes a birth and death date as well a photo.
What is a memorial folder?
- a recent picture of the dead
- Social Security card
- Military discharge papers
- guarantee non-guaranteed contract info
- Clothing
- life insurance papers
These are all items that are recommended for the family to bring during this conference .
What are the 6 items the family should bring during the funeral arrangement conference.
Arrangements that are funded by a life insurance policy or from a pretty need trust account or burial account two examples of these types of arrangements
What is a pre-funded preplanned funeral arrangement?
Social Security administration provides this benefit for survivors upon completion of the SSA 721 and the SSA -8 forms
The Social Security administration provides a lump sum benefits of $255 to the survivors upon completion of those two SSA forms
The funeral Director is responsible for communicating directly with the deceased branch of service to determine eligibility upon the family the providing this military document….
What is the DD 214?
During the military funeral service, the American flag is typically draped on the casket at the cemetery, following the committal, the military personnel full supply and present it to this person.
Following the committal, the military flag is presented to the surviving spouse and/or the next of Kin.
After the flag is presented to the next of kin following the committal this is played
Taps is usually play following the committal service of military personnel.
- The chaplain
- the Bugler
- the color bearers
- colorguard
- the commander of the post
- the firing squad
- the commander of the Barring squad
- the casket bearers
These are a list of all the personnel that would be attending. What type of funeral service
These are the eight personnel that typically attend a veterans burial service.
Through form 21P – 530 veterans can request burial expense reimbursement from the veterans administration for the following 3 benefits
The three benefits are 1.
a burial, plot, a 2. burial, expense allowance, 3.and a plot allowance.
This means a formally organized event to celebrate or pay homage to the dead.
What is a ceremony?
This is a ceremony conducted by an officiant immediately before burial or cremation
What is a funeral service?
The officiant and most cases will receive this or otherwise soon as gratuity as a modest payment or conducting the service
What is an honorarium?
This is broadly, defined as any form of a funeral ceremony.
What are funeral rights?
This is conducted with the body of the dead present and follows a prescribed orally ritual dictated by religious beliefs, or social customs
What is a traditional service?