Long Before a Death
Write a Will
Name a Power of Attorney
Purchase Life Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance
Establish Trusts
Create an Advance Health Care Directive
Pre-Plan Your Funeral Arrangements
Plan Your Funeral or Memorial Serivce
Organize and Share Important Documents
Eldercare and End-of-Life
Make Living Arrangements for the End of Life
Create an Advance Health Care Directive
Write a Will
Name a Power of Attorney
Select a Funeral Home
Make Funeral Arrangements In Advance
Make Cemetery Arrangements In Advance
Personalize Your Funeral or Memorial Service
Organize and Share Important Documents
After a Death
Report the Death
Prepare to Call and Hire a Funeral Director
Arrange to Transport the Body and Schedule the Service
Make Cemetery Arrangements
Make Funeral Arrangements
Write Death Notice and Collaborate on Obituary
Activate Your Support Network
Inform Family and Friends of Service Details
Take Care of Pre-Funeral Tasks
Plan the Funeral or Memorial Service and Surrounding Events
Collect Benefits
Settle the Estate: Wrap Up Financial and Legal Affairs
Wrap Up Personal Affairs
Begin to Deal with Grief
Conduct Post-Funeral Memorialization
Be There for Someone
Contact the Bereaved
Offer Help and Support to the Bereaved
Attend Pre-Funeral Events
Attend the Funeral or Memorial Service
Attend Post-Funeral Events
Show Support Beyond the Funeral
Tools and Resources
Checklists
Product and Service Guides
State-by-State Information and Forms
Religious Funeral Traditions
