Support and Services
Before death:
Developing a Deathcare Plan
(may include some or all of the following):
Guidance with paperwork for end-of-life.
Before, during or after death:
Companionship, coaching & education for client and/or family.
Family-Directed funeral planning
(may include some or all of the following):
Developing a Deathcare Plan
(may include some or all of the following):
- Advance care planning and directives
- Planning for final days
- Planning for after-death: vigil, funeral, burial or cremation, memorial.
Guidance with paperwork for end-of-life.
Before, during or after death:
Companionship, coaching & education for client and/or family.
Family-Directed funeral planning
(may include some or all of the following):
- Guidance with completing and filing necessary documentation (Death Certificate, Permit for Disposition, Authorization for Cremation).
- Coaching through the process of keeping the loved one at home while the paperwork is being completed and ceremony, transportation and final disposition arrangements are being made.
- Guidance with preparation of the deceased for lying-in-honour, vigil, viewing or ceremony (includes bathing and dressing, with possible anointing ceremony).
- Guidance with preservation of the deceased for a home funeral.
- Guidance with transporting the deceased to a cemetery, crematory, church, hall or home.
- Accompaniment of a family member or an assigned agent (ie. Executor) to the doctor's office, municipal office, and crematorium or cemetery.
Payment For Services
- The current fee is $35 per hour, plus $.45 per km for travel, invoiced monthly, for planning and guidance prior to death. A maximum amount for services provided after death will be agreed upon once needs and wishes are determined.
- Invoices will also be issued for reimbursement of charges for materials purchased by Aileen Stewart on behalf of the family.
- All charges for education, instruction and guidance to the client and family are payable to Aileen Stewart upon completion of the consultation.
- All hands-on assistance is offered free of charge, as is the initial consultation.
- Note that payment of any additional fees is to be made directly to each office or facility as they require. For example: casket or shroud purchase; funeral home;municipal office; crematorium or cemetery; celebrant, minister or officiant.