death care
Funeral Director Daily today brings you a rare weekend edition of our news blog. We do so simply because one of the webinars available through the National Funeral Directors Association is on Monday morning and we wanted you to have ample time to consider registering and blocking off an hour of your morning to watch,…
Read MoreLast week we brought you an initial report on Service Corporation International’s report of their 1st Quarter 2020 results. We also promised that we would go “inside the numbers” to see what other financial information we could find that may be of benefit to all of you who own or manage funeral homes. Today, we…
Read MoreAs you know if you have been reading Funeral Director Daily in the last month, it appears that the “no large gatherings” rules that are in effect in many states across America have had a negative effect on all things death care. Funeral homes have talked about revenue declines in many of their service categories…
Read MoreThis was bound to happen so we probably should not be surprised by this headline. However, it still seemed surreal to me when I read in this article from the Arizona Daily Star that a Tucson, Arizona, funeral home had been closed due to “a number of staff” members falling ill and being required to…
Read MoreTo roll into the weekend we thought we would give you some food for thought in the funeral industry from almost 10,000 miles apart. Our articles today come from the investment community in both the United States and Australia. Both are good, well thought out articles that deal with the world of death care in…
Read MoreYesterday funeral home and cemetery public company Service Corporation International (SCI) reported their financial results for the 1st Quarter of 2020. The results were much anticipated because they are the first quarter where the “no large gatherings” rule had come into effect in funeral service. To be candid, however, those rules only came into effect…
Read MoreHuman emotions are an interesting dynamic. The human species can go in and out of emotions and many times not even help themselves in that process. Think about “fear”. You’ve been separated from your group on a camping and canoe outing and you don’t know where anybody else is. . . .fear might overcome you.…
Read MoreAs you may well know, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “Funeral Rule” is up for review at this time. The FTC has also extended the deadline for interested parties to submit comments to the agency to June 15, 2020, from the original April 14, 2020 date. The FTC Funeral Rule was first enacted in 1982…
Read MoreWe were informed in this public relations article from Agility PR Solutions that the United Kingdom’s leading dedicated provider of direct cremations, Pure Cremation, has donated paid-up television air time to the Marie Curie’s organization. One of Marie Curie’s non-profit endeavors is to provide end of life care. According to the release, “The end of…
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