A Year’s Worth of Tips

If you are planning a home death it is extremely important to have your family doctor sign an expect death in the home form. This form, A Notification of Expected Death in the Home, is completed by the patient’s physician and sent to the funeral home before the death. This form allows a Funeral Director to remove a body from a home without pronouncement of death. Here is a link to the web site that provides some useful information for you to review;

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/home-community-care/care-options-and-cost/end-of-life-care/expected-planned-home-deaths