Decision-making made easier in times of emergency An accident; a stroke; an acute or chronic illness: These situations and countless others can leave you unable to express your health care wishes. How can you make your desires and decisions known when you cannot speak for yourself? That’s where advance care…
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Consumer Connection MagazineDeath Care
#AskDCA: ‘I want to make my funeral arrangements in advance, but I’m not sure if I should pay in advance. Can you help?’
Article authored by Matt Woodcheke, Consumer Connection staff Question: I want to make my funeral arrangements in advance, but I’m not sure if I should pay in advance. Can you help? Answer: Prepaying spares your survivors the burden of arranging payment while planning your funeral. It also keeps you in…
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The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is now accepting credit card payments for license renewal. If you are within 90 days of renewing (or even if you are delinquent one cycle), visit the bureau’s website at http://www.cfb.ca.gov and click Renew Online to start the process. It’s simple, fast, free and available…
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Losing a loved one is a devastating experience. For many, planning a funeral often compounds the grieving process because there are so many arrangements to make in a short amount of time. The biggest—and most final—decision is whether to have a traditional burial or direct cremation. Cremation is increasingly gaining in…
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Americans don’t like thinking about the end. A 2010 survey conducted by the National Funeral Directors Association found that only 25 percent of adults have made arrangements for their own funeral. However, 66 percent of adults indicated that they would choose to arrange their own funeral service. It’s a subject…
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New Law Gives Californians an Additional Option to Go Out Green Has traditional burial gone the way of cassette tapes, answering machines, and phone booths? Not yet, but it may be heading in that direction. According to the National Funeral Association, in 2015, consumers chose traditional burial over flame cremation…
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Let’s face it. No one enjoys discussing death or dying, much less planning a funeral for a loved one or even for themselves. However uncomfortable the subject may be, if you don’t plan in advance, it could cost you both financially and emotionally. Shopping around for the most suitable and affordable…
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Governor Brown’s Executive Order in April calling for a mandatory a 25 percent cut in potable water use through February 2016 means belt-tightening not only for residents and municipalities, but for commercial and industrial properties as well. That directive includes California’s cemeteries. The Department of Consumer Affairs’ Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Bureau)…
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Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Holds Roundtable Discussion on Impact of Drought on Cemeteries
The Department of Consumer Affairs’ Cemetery and Funeral Bureau on Wednesday hosted a roundtable discussion to discuss the impact of the California drought on cemeteries and to brainstorm ideas for coping with water use reductions. “Everyone needs to do their part to save water during the drought,” said Lisa Moore,…
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Death CareNews Releases
Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Revokes Licenses For Beloved Care Funeral Service
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Cemetery and Funeral Bureau has revoked the licenses associated with the Beloved Care Funeral Service in Bakersfield. An investigation into Beloved Care and its owner James Otis Gamble, Jr., uncovered fraud, misrepresentation and unprofessional conduct. As a result, the funeral establishment license,…