Little Boat, Jerry Wennstrom
http://www.handsofalchemy.com
FULL CIRCLE of LIVING and DYING:
Educating our community about home-based funerals
Bringing back the loving tradition of end-of-life and after-death care in the home.
Family/community-centered home-based funerals and after-death care is a form of home vigil for your loved one, much like a traditional wake. It is a sensitive and compassionate process where family and community members, children as well as elders, can be as involved as they want to be in caring for their loved one's body while honoring one's own traditions and spirituality. This form of family/community-centered home funeral is profoundly beautiful and healing and has the possibility of impacting everyone's attitude about death for generations to come. Our work includes education and support.
We offer guidance in care for a dying loved one, and oversee after-death care so your loved one may lie in honor at home (home vigil) for as long as needed, usually one to three days. We assist in coordinating options for burial, cremation, natural organic reduction, and other forms of disposition of the body.
Home death care allows time for friends, family and community to gather and process grief in a loving setting, honoring the death process in your own private environment.
ADVANCE PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN.
Call for a step by step discussion and consultation with trained end-of-life doulas about what you want for your own death care, or care of a loved one. We also offer in-home individualized care plans for you and your loved ones to discuss options together - let's talk more! Call for a free phone consultation - (530)268-5652
Educating our community about home-based funerals
Bringing back the loving tradition of end-of-life and after-death care in the home.
Family/community-centered home-based funerals and after-death care is a form of home vigil for your loved one, much like a traditional wake. It is a sensitive and compassionate process where family and community members, children as well as elders, can be as involved as they want to be in caring for their loved one's body while honoring one's own traditions and spirituality. This form of family/community-centered home funeral is profoundly beautiful and healing and has the possibility of impacting everyone's attitude about death for generations to come. Our work includes education and support.
We offer guidance in care for a dying loved one, and oversee after-death care so your loved one may lie in honor at home (home vigil) for as long as needed, usually one to three days. We assist in coordinating options for burial, cremation, natural organic reduction, and other forms of disposition of the body.
Home death care allows time for friends, family and community to gather and process grief in a loving setting, honoring the death process in your own private environment.
ADVANCE PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN.
Call for a step by step discussion and consultation with trained end-of-life doulas about what you want for your own death care, or care of a loved one. We also offer in-home individualized care plans for you and your loved ones to discuss options together - let's talk more! Call for a free phone consultation - (530)268-5652
HOME FUNERAL CARE: LOVING SUPPORT
Home Funeral care at a residential care facility was initiated by friends with support of end-of-life doulas. "Home" Funerals can happen in hospitals and care facilities as well as in the home. Loving after-death care creates a sacred environment where family and community may gather to offer loving care and ceremony. |
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit |
End-of-Life Doula's support family and community-centered end-of-life and after-death care:
California Law states you may direct your family member’s funeral.
"Hiring a funeral director is not required by law when preparing a body for disposition. You can arrange for your body, or that of a loved one, to be cared for and prepared for disposition by family and friends at home." -State of California Dept. of Consumer Affairs Consumer Guide to Funeral & Cemetery Purchases.
Full Circle of Living and Dying is an educational consulting group. We are non-medical volunteers, and do not dispense or endorse any medical advice. We provide links for consumers to educate themselves in matters of death and dying.
Full Circle of Living and Dying is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is in no way considered a funeral establishment.
Any donations received by Full Circle of Living and Dying are for requested consulting services, private or public education, or funding for our projects and services.
- Support in filling out and obtaining legal and other necessary paperwork (death certificate, permit for disposition and cremation authorization. Also, Advance Directives)
- Guidance from trained End-of-Life Doulas on how you may legally care for your loved one in a home-based funeral.
- Learn about optional arrangements for transportation from a home to crematorium or cemetery.
- Guidance in dying ritual, memorials, creating sacred space, and ceremony
California Law states you may direct your family member’s funeral.
"Hiring a funeral director is not required by law when preparing a body for disposition. You can arrange for your body, or that of a loved one, to be cared for and prepared for disposition by family and friends at home." -State of California Dept. of Consumer Affairs Consumer Guide to Funeral & Cemetery Purchases.
Full Circle of Living and Dying is an educational consulting group. We are non-medical volunteers, and do not dispense or endorse any medical advice. We provide links for consumers to educate themselves in matters of death and dying.
Full Circle of Living and Dying is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is in no way considered a funeral establishment.
Any donations received by Full Circle of Living and Dying are for requested consulting services, private or public education, or funding for our projects and services.