{"id":502,"date":"2021-03-08T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2021-03-04T04:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:39:39","slug":"steps-to-take-after-a-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/steps-to-take-after-a-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Take After a Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

After learning of the death of a loved one, you may be feeling stressed and completely exhausted. This is also the time when you have to start making funerary arrangements<\/a>, which is not easy for anyone to do. If you have never made these kinds of arrangements before, you will want to know the steps that you need to take to make this a bit easier. Here are the suggestions that providers of cremation services in Adelphi, MD<\/a> want you to remember.<\/p>\n

The first thing you have to do is get the death certificate. Without this certificate, you will not be able to start making the arrangements. Medical professionals can help you with this. You can turn to nurses, hospice workers, doctors, emergency medical technicians, and many others in the field to provide you with the death certificate. Because you will need to give copies to a lot of different providers, you will want to think about getting ten or fifteen copies.<\/p>\n

After you get the death certificate, you will want to reach out to loved ones to let them know about the death. Start with those who were closest to the deceased and recruit them to help you by letting others know. This can allow you to start with the other arrangements, and it can also save you some of the stress of having to let people know that a loved one has died.<\/p>\n

Once you have done that, you need to start thinking about the kind of funerary services that your loved one would have wanted. This is much easier if the person told you or if they left their wishes in writing, but if they did not, you will want to think about the options that are most suitable. You can also ask family members for their suggestions since that can help you narrow your choices down.<\/p>\n

After you have chosen the kind of service they would have wanted, you want to consider the company you want to hire. This is not always an easy thing to do and it can take time. Check that the provider you are considering can offer the services you want and that they have the necessary experience. Ask lots of questions and compare rates to be sure of the choice you are making.<\/p>\n

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By taking the time to consider all of the steps you need to take, you will be able to make the necessary arrangements for your loved one. You need to get the death certificate as soon as you can and you then need to start letting people know what has happened. Once you do that, you can start with the arrangements. If you want to begin making plans, you can reach out to an Adelphi, MD cremation service<\/a> provider like us at Donald V. Borgwardt Funeral Home, P.A. Our team is here to help you decide on the right funerary services for your loved one. Stop by our location or give us a call<\/a> right now to speak with an expert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After learning of the death of a loved one, you may be feeling stressed and completely exhausted. This is also the time when you have to start making funerary arrangements, which is not easy for anyone to do. If you have never made these kinds of arrangements before, you will want to know the steps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.borgwardtfuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}