Today’s guest post comes from Lauren Polanski. Lauren is just like any other twenty-two year old girl besides for the small fact that she’s a licensed funeral director in New York State. Lauren is currently employed at the Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. located in Hamburg, NY. When not working she enjoys reading, taking photographs […]
A week ago, I posted an infograph on the Evolution of Death by mysendoff.com I prefaced the infograph with this: Although this infograph is pretty cool, it’s not entirely accurate. Between the 1830 “Feng Shui” circle and the 1882 establishment of the NFDA circle, there should be a circle for 1840 that documents the establishment […]
There’s been an overwhelmingly positive response to my article “10 Burdens Funeral Directors Carry“. We funeral directors carry a unique set of burdens. And there’s ways — both positive and negative — that we cope with our burdens. Here’s 10 coping methods funeral directors use. The first five are coping methods that are negative or maladaptive techniques. […]
Note: I wrote this article over the weekend and I wasn’t going to publish it until Wednesday, but since I just spent my entire night [11 PM to 5:45 AM] picking up three deceased persons, I thought it’s probably appropriate to post it now. After I hit “publish”, I’ll be off to bed and back […]
This is a question I’ve had to ask a few of my friends ever once upon a busy day at the funeral home. House pick ups are different than hospital and nursing home pick ups. “House calls” as we call them often involves obstacles (like stairs, furniture, etc.) that one person cannot overcome along. While hospital and nursing […]