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Guide Book Section 10
Publications
Publications
"Product Report: Pre-Paying Your Funeral?" -AARP (1992)
| This 14-page booklet contains information about Prepaying (Preneed) Funerals, steps in pre-paying funerals, funding mechanisms, guarantees, portability (ability to move), cancellation, availability, and cautionary notes. |
"Product Report: Funerals and Burials: Goods and Services" (1996)
| This 11-page booklet contains complete information about arranging for funerals, burials, and alternatives (cremation and immediate burial) |
Personal Arrangement Guide, Dusckas Funeral Home, Inc.
| This 12-page personal arrangement guide will enable individuals to write down their complete record of final wishes concerning their funeral arrangements. |
"Final Details: A Helpful Guide for Survivors When Death Occurs" -AARP (1998)
| This 3-page pamphlet will provide information to help individuals collect the necessary papers in order to finalize the estate. |
"On Being Alone: Guide for Widowed Persons" -AARP (1998)
| This 14-page guide helps newly widowed persons deal with issues including emotional responses to grief, housing concerns, finances and adjusting to the loss of a spouse. It also helpful suggestions on how to manage new tasks that their spouse may have handled for them. |
Hospice
"You Matter to the Last Moment of Your Life, Hospice: A Special Kind of Caring" -Visiting Nurse Association
| This 7-page booklet describes hospice, includes 20 commonly asked questions, and Medicare coverage of hospice services. |
"Hospice Versus Home Health Care" -Great Lakes Hospice
| One page fact sheet about hospice, hospice benefits, patient eligibility, and patient referrals. |
Section 10 Video Library Materials
"Aging Parents: The Family Survival Guide" -Lifetapes Communications, Inc. (1997). A Two Tape Series.
| Comprehensive guides to help all adult children understand and address issues they may be facing today and tomorrow. This video series is valuable for long-range planning, in all areas of caring for your parents. |
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