grief care

Study finds 23% grieve alone

By Funeral Director Daily / August 30, 2023 /

    Grief is a tough issue.  It is not linear and does not follow any time lines or schedules.  Grief is unique.  And, there is no doubt that each of us grieves differently. . . .and, differently in different death scenarios.  For instance, you may grieve a death of a great aunt who you…

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A “Renaissance” in perceived value of services?

By Funeral Director Daily / July 5, 2023 /

      I receive the “Memorial Business Journal” from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) every week and when I received it a couple of weeks ago I was excited to look at some of the findings from the 2023 NFDA Consumer Awareness and Preference Survey.   I looked at the results somewhat with…

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WilbertEDU to present “Grief in Children’s Literature” CEU webinar

By Funeral Director Daily / August 24, 2022 /

On Thursday, September 1, Wilbert’s WilbertEDU continuing education series will feature author Jessica Vitalis discussing her 2021 book, The Wolf’s Curse.  Here’s what Wilbert says about the topic: “In this WilbertEDU session, Jessica discusses grief in children’s literature and how she came to write The Wolf’s Curse, which chronicles the journey of a 12-year-old apprentice…

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The humanity of being a funeral director

By Funeral Director Daily / November 2, 2020 /

This isn’t what I was planning to write about an hour ago.  It’s Friday as I write this and earlier this morning I was on the treadmill watching CNBC with Jim Cramer as he was interviewing Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson.  I thought the interview was very informative on how Starbucks was using the pandemic, that…

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