Funeral planning – Home Funerals emerging in Canada
Funeral planning is beginning to include home funerals. The Toronto Globe and Mail published this article about home funerals in Canada. The trend is growing as the baby boomer generation moves toward more green and personalized alternatives to the standard funeral. I was interested to find out that there is a home funeral society in the British Columbia Kootney district in Canada. If you know of any others in Canada please let me know, I am compiling a list.
by Adriana Barton
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2010
Death midwives are rare in Canada, since in many provinces only licensed professionals can accept money to help families with funeral arrangements. Nevertheless, support for home funerals is available from non-profit organizations such as Dumont Creek Burial Society in British Columbia’s Interior.
About 120 permits are issued in the province each year to individuals seeking to transport human remains, according to Consumer Protection B.C. But officials don’t track how many families care for a body at home and then hire an undertaker for interment or cremation.
A home funeral isn’t an all-or-nothing affair, notes Ms. Young.
By the same token, funeral directors will accommodate family members who want to help wash or dress the body or witness a cremation, according to Justin Schultz, president of the Funeral Service Association of British Columbia.
Read the whole article here Globe and Mail
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There is a egroup of people preparing to offer Death Midwifery and/or home funerals services across Canada. Please contact pashta@victoria.tc.ca for further information.
Pleased to announce that there will be a poster session on home funerals at the Canadian national hospice palliative care conference in St John’s Newfoundland this Sept 8-11th 2011.
Please also refer to this 18 min UTUBE presentation about the value of home based post death care:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paJAKDU55AU&feature=share