USA – Houston has a key role, with biggest company in the business in town. Tripp Carter meets with clients on West Alabama around a table in what looks like a formal dining room. The chairs are copies of those Napoleon had at Chateau de Malmaison, his palace outside Paris.
USA – As acceptance of end-of-life planning grows in the US, new concerns are emerging about how well patients and their doctors understand the forms they are signing about the care they want in their final days. In September, the Institute of Medicine’s “Dying in America” report
USA – The impact of loneliness on early death is almost as strong as the impact of being poor, which increased the chances of dying early by 19%, research has found. People who feel consistently lonely have a 14% higher risk of premature death than those who don’t, a new study shows.
USA – Once upon a time, people died in their homes. Up until the time of death they were cared for by friends, family members,
USA – A video of a father singing The Beatles’ Blackbird to his dying newborn son has moved millions since going viral. Chris Picco, lost his 30-year-old wife Ashley Picco on Nov. 8 after an emergency C-section to save their unborn son Lennon who passed away a few days later.
SAGINAW, MI – A funeral home has added an unusual new convenience for mourners — a drive-thru viewing window. Paradise Funeral Chapel has installed a window that displays a body set up in a special area inside the building with a raised and tilted platform for the casket.
