Did you know? Home funerals used to just be called “funerals.” It’s a fact!
As more people choose to come home at the end of life, families are rediscovering the power of caring for their loved ones on the road to death. Once death occurs, it just makes sense to continue caring for the person you have loved and cared for for so long. These links can answer questions about home funerals.
- The National Home Funeral Alliance is a national nonprofit organization that advocates and educates people about caring for your own dead.
- The MN Threshold Network is a local group of folks who advocate and educate for community-led deathcare in Minnesota. Though this group is currently dormant, they have great information.
- FCA Guide to Arranging a Home Funeral The Funeral Consumers Alliance is a national nonprofit that educates people about their rights as funeral consumers.
- Why Caring for Our Own Dead is an Act of Social Justice
- What It’s Like to Have a Home Funeral, article in the Daily Beast
- The NHFA Home Funeral Guidebook is available for free, or pay-what-you-can. It is an extremely valuable resource that you can use to learn how to care for your own dead.
This delightful video from Caitlin Doughty (the Ask a Mortician lady) answers questions about the legal requirements for having a home funeral.