BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
copies of death certificates. Some of the services they provide include: ● Hospitals and some hospices ● Emergency services ● General practitioners and community health services ● Death investigation – by independent coroners are employed by local governments ● Registration of death ● Local authority bereavement services - The structure of local Councils vary across various parts of the country. Most councils distribute burial grounds and crematoria, and they also have a responsibility to provide funerals for those who die and have no-one else to make the arrangements. Services provided by commercial companies include: ● Will writing ● Pre-payment funeral plans ● Funeral directors and memorial masons ● Some cemeteries and crematoria ● Probate ● Legal representation at inquest and litigation ● Banking ● Arrangement of funeral ceremonies ● Dressing ● Cosseting- applying make up on the body for cosmetic purposes ● Casketing- putting the body in the coffin Most of the support groups have a small or even unpaid workforce and provide their many programs with the help of volunteers. This also means that there may be a waiting list, particularly for counseling support. This sector includes: ● Many hospices and some home nursing services ● Most bereavement support and self-help organizations ● Many advice agencies ● Mutual support or self-help groups ● Widow-to-Widow program designed to assist people going through the critical life transition initiated by the death of a spouse, which results in a sudden change in social status (from wife to widow) and requires significant changes in self- concept, roles, and tasks. ● Hospices ● Psychotherapeutic interventions ● Medications such as anti-anxiety drugs, antidepressants, hypnotics and sedatives
While funeral directors provide private funeral service, proper knowledge of other key stakeholders in the provision of bereavement services is key. The public, private, and charitable sectors provide services to the bereaved, and it may be beneficial to consider the variations between them. Statutory programs: This covers all programs that federal, state, and local councils provide. Most of these programs have a legal basis, which means that the councils are obliged to provide these services. The councils also have a role to play in ensuring that all the necessary legal processes are adequately followed after death. Although these programs are delivered at least partly by central and local government support, some of their support that comes from fees, such as the billing of certified Commercial services Such services are offered by businesses that include paying for their services to cover their costs. The owners and shareholders of most commercial services earn a profit to be able to improve their services. They will consider the quality of service as vitally important in the field of bereavement, but they do sell their services to you. Funeral Directors: The roles of a funeral director in the bereavement service provision sector include the following: ● Embalming- preservation to prevent decomposition of the body ● Burial ● Cremation Voluntary/Third sector The services rendered by charities and non-profit organizations are included in this sector. Since such organizations frequently rely on grants and charitable contributions, there are restrictions on staffing, and at certain times there will typically be a response machine instead of actual staff to respond to calls. General Considerations of What helps Although most people regain diminished abilities and adjust to bereavement, the severity, extent, and effects of grief have drawn the attention of a variety of institutional and individual caregivers. Some service providers intend to promote the normal bereavement process, and others design their services to support individuals with particular difficulties or adverse responses to grief, or others at high risk of developing complicated grief. Some bereavement services are generally directed at the bereaved; others are directed at people who share particular circumstances of deprivation. Programs can be tailored to support similarly bereaved people, families, or organizations. These interventions include the following:
FACILITATING GRIEF THROUGH FUNERAL RITUALS
Mourning rituals can also carefully regulate how mourners react emotionally to death. Tibetan Buddhists find crying during funerals to be upsetting while other cultures, including Latino Catholics, regard crying as a sign of reverence. Rituals can also vary with gender. Crying at a funeral, for example, is considered more acceptable to women than to men. Male mourners are often assumed to be more stoic in handling their loss. But grieving is not always about a loved one dying. Rituals can also help people get to grips with grief after losing a friendship, a job, or even a big race.
Everybody suffers through a loss, whether it is the death of a loved one, the end of a romantic relationship, or some sort of serious life setback. The process of navigating through that grief often involves "rituals" of mourning that vary in different cultures throughout history. Funeral practices for people of different religions can vary widely. For example, among the Jews, along with the intricate funeral rituals associated with death, mourners are often required to tear a garment. In some aspects of Judaism, men are prohibited from shaving their beards. On the other hand, as part of the mourning ritual, bereaved Hindu males may shave off their heads and beards.
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