Planning A Funeral
My grandmother has been in a hospital for over a month now. She has very poor health and can’t stay home now alone. She recently had surgery that she had problems with during, and after, her procedures. He had already told us that she might have problems due to her health problems and her age, as she is almost 90 years old. Her doctor just told our family that he recommended us to check out different nursing homes now, because it would be dangerous for her to be at home alone, if nobody was able to move in with her or have her move in with them. That was no possible because everyone in our family had jobs to go to. It was very saddening to us to think of putting her in a nursing home and it was to her, too. She did not have the money to pay for it either. She only owned a small home, but she loved it. In order for her to be able to go into a nursing home, she would have to sell her home and let the state take over in paying for her nursing home and other medical expenses. Even though it was hard for her to sell her home, we found a very nice and clean nursing home and was highly recommended by many. It was even closer to all of our family. They would take her social security income each money with the exception of allowing her to have a very small amount of money at any time and no assets over a certain amount. We sold her home and she is now moved into her new nursing home and loves it, even though it’s so sad for her to think that her home had to be sold. One great thing she was allowed to spend her money on first, before giving the rest of it to the state, was to pay for her own funeral and headstone. It was nice that she was able to do this first, even though this was another sad moment for her. Funeral planning can be hard on families financially and deciding and agreeing on what casket and all else there is to arrange. It was a real eye opener to everyone how much there is to do and how much easier it will make things when she passes away. All the funeral planning is done now and all our family will have to do is arrange the date and time. Many people do not realize that if you make your funeral arrangements and pay for it all, the price will never go up or cost any more when a person dies. I have now started thinking about taking care of my own funeral planning to save anyone else the time and money to do so when I pass away.
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