Identification and chain of custody
It’s not just for crime scene investigators!
Funeral Service Doesn’t Wait
Boy life is different, ; the paths and journeys we take change our outlooks, our ideas, and our innovations. As these things fluctuate, so does our mental health. It always seems that around the holidays we tend to look back and reflect on our year. I tend to do a self-audit just to even myself …
How Checking Your Ego At The Funeral Home Door Can Help You Remain More Relevant
The best way to meet and exceed today’s consumer expectations is to check our ego at the door of the funeral home. Funeral service could easily go the way of the VHS tape if we don’t evolve and provide what our families really want and need.
Funeral Directors and Halloween—to Celebrate or not to Celebrate?
It’s that time of year again, the holiday that seems to be made specifically for funeral service professionals— Halloween! Because most of us fall somewhere on the Spooky SpectrumTM whether it be full on costuming and partying or simply enjoying a scary movie and handing out candy, Halloween is a holiday that is popular amongst our …
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COVID-19 and Blood Clots—True or Clickbait?
Are embalmers really finding clots in deceased people caused by the Covid vaccine?
Mirror Mirror on the Wall…
Funeral Professionals have had a long standing problem with introspection. We are like Dracula…avoiding the mirrors.
Creutzfeldt Jacob’s Disease and the Funeral Director
Creutzfeldt Jacob’s Disease is scary; its cause is seemingly invincible, its incubation can last up to decades, and its mortality is 100%. But it is but a mere prion, and we are humans with the ability to think critically in our duty to give families one last goodbye.
The Time Is Right
If a personalized vault falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Can a $750 Air Filter “Destroy Formaldehyde” Even if it’s a Dyson?
Can you eradicate formaldehyde fumes with an air filter? Ben looks at an article on the Dyson filter that makes this claim!
What REALLY Goes on Inside a Crematory?
Visualize a bon-fire. Envision the flames licking the air and hear the crackling of the wood burning. Smell the smoke and notice the sparks and embers spitting as the fire consumes the logs. Now imagine that instead of logs being consumed by fire it is a dead body in a box. Your mental picture just …