When a loved one has died, the feeling is one of surprise and a break from previous events. Uncertainty and disorientation trap us. It doesn’t matter if the person has been terminally ill and we had time to prepare, the impact is always sudden. Therefore, prevention takes on relevant importance, to have information and a plan at hand to make things easier.
Death declaration
In Houston, TX, the death of a person, like any other life event, must proceed before the law through paperwork and procedures.
If you die at home, the first step is to call 911 so paramedics can take you to an emergency room and a doctor can make the Declaration of Death. This Declaration must be made within the first 24 hours of death and the Death Certificate must be delivered within the following 10 days.
The Death Report may also be submitted by the treating physician, the local coroner, the justice of the peace, or the nurse who was present at the time of death.
Prepaid Funeral Plan
If you have contracted funeral services in advance, you must contact them to carry out the cremation or burial process. If there is no agreement, you must be attentive to available prices and agreements. Please contact Del Pueblo Funeral Home for support (281) 447-1382.
Once communication has been made with the funeral home, its staff will go to the place where the deceased is located to transport them. It is important to have identification documents on hand. They are required for all procedures, so it is a good idea to keep them organized.
Having everything in order you will be able to perform the service according to how the family has agreed. This includes the ritual, preparation of the body, wake, whether it will be a cremation or a burial in a cemetery.
Throughout this process, it would be ideal for the agency The funeral home will take care of everything so that you can be in the company of your loved ones during the first moments of grief, which are undoubtedly the most painful. The funeral home will be in charge of issuing the Death Certificate. It is essential to claim life insurance coverage, and process inheritances, pensions, and others.
For all of the above, we suggest these #tools, which you can use whenever you need them and that will help you go through this inevitable process with a certain fluidity.
- Talking in advance about contracting a funeral plan is not a matter of bad premonition, it is a necessary help for the family in difficult times, which allows them to have reliable people to carry out the procedures. Follow the link for our immediate need services to learn more.
- When referring to foresight, we do not want you to anticipate mourning, as it is said in Buddhism: the moment of death is uncertain, even in terminal patients. Predicting means having all the matters to be able to accompany our loved one and express our love until the end of their life, while we have them physically close.
- When that fateful day of death occurs, the first thing is to stay calm, try to quiet your mind, stay focused, and then you will know the order of the procedures to follow.
- Practice meditation is a mental health tool that allows us to find the calm we always need. Here are some simple steps to start healing.
- Asking for help is okay, team up with family and friends to get through that first stage, and someone to help you with paperwork, phone calls and procedures.
- After the funeral, there will be many pending tasks that will require extra effort, a long time and a lot of patience to complete, for example, notices, payment of outstanding bills, mortgages, contact with insurance or social security, cancellations, legal procedures, testamentary matters, etc. Without a doubt, prior communication would help to know what situation the person’s affairs are in before they die.
At Del Pueblo Funeral Home, we insist that prevention is the most important tool we have to face the inevitable, do not be afraid to delve into topics that sound difficult, in the future it will give you and your loved ones a lot of peace of mind, Because they will avoid unnecessary problems and conflicts, so we remind you that we make difficult moments easier.
