When you sign up with hospice, you provide the name of the funeral home you want to use, so the hospice folks take care of calling them and arranging for pick up of the body.
When my dad died, the hospice nurse was there with us, and she monitored him until she declared him dead. Then she and I got him prepared to be picked up. She put a rolled up towel under his chin so his mouth wouldn't hang open, then she changed him into a clean diaper. She called the mortuary, and they picked him up about a half hour later.
My mom died in her memory care facility on hospice. She died in the early morning, so the facility called hospice, and they called me. They waited until I got there before calling the mortuary, and I assume they had prepped her body before I arrived as she was peacefully laying on her back with her hands over the covers.
In short, hospice takes care of everything. Call them, not 911.
What city is this? When my mom passed in the hospital, she was transported to the hospital morgue. The hospital wanted her out of there ASAP. The woman who was part of the doctor who last saw her group, sent the police to call his office. Upon calling her, she felt the need to mention mom was starting the decomposition process as a subtle way to hurry up getting her out of the hospital. I called the funeral home (on a Sun) to let them know
Heading to the hospital, you go to the security station, they take the info , you sign a document, and the body is released (the security guard was the only one to offer condolences). The funeral home could then come and pick her up which they did the same Sun.
If I wanted to see her, it would be at the funeral home, not the hospital. Which was fine. all things considered. I didn't want to deal with the hospital any more then necessary.
In my experience Hospice calls the Funeral home for pick up. There is no middle man. The Nurse declares the person dead and calls the Funeral director of your choice. Thats one of the good things about Hospice, no police, no Coroner.
When my dad died during his time with hospice care, we called his nurse. She quickly came, confirmed he was gone, called the funeral home to come get his body, took an inventory of the hospice meds on site, destroyed the remaining narcotics, called the medical supply company to pick up supplies and equipment, offered services of grief counseling and a chaplain, and spent time talking with our family. She was wise and helped answer questions.
When a person dies on hospice in the home, the Nurse is called if not already there. She comes and declares the person dead. She then cleans them up and calls the Funeral Home of choice to pick the person up.
My Mom was in a NH. I was called saying she had passed and asked if I wanted to see her. Since I had just been there and left 20 min before she passed I said no. The Nurse called the Funeral Home for pick up. The Funeral Home Director called once he had Mom. Since everything was preplanned I didn't need to do anything. All that was left was flowers and a luncheon to plan.
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When my dad died, the hospice nurse was there with us, and she monitored him until she declared him dead. Then she and I got him prepared to be picked up. She put a rolled up towel under his chin so his mouth wouldn't hang open, then she changed him into a clean diaper. She called the mortuary, and they picked him up about a half hour later.
My mom died in her memory care facility on hospice. She died in the early morning, so the facility called hospice, and they called me. They waited until I got there before calling the mortuary, and I assume they had prepped her body before I arrived as she was peacefully laying on her back with her hands over the covers.
In short, hospice takes care of everything. Call them, not 911.
Heading to the hospital, you go to the security station, they take the info , you sign a document, and the body is released (the security guard was the only one to offer condolences). The funeral home could then come and pick her up which they did the same Sun.
If I wanted to see her, it would be at the funeral home, not the hospital. Which was fine. all things considered. I didn't want to deal with the hospital any more then necessary.
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My Mom was in a NH. I was called saying she had passed and asked if I wanted to see her. Since I had just been there and left 20 min before she passed I said no. The Nurse called the Funeral Home for pick up. The Funeral Home Director called once he had Mom. Since everything was preplanned I didn't need to do anything. All that was left was flowers and a luncheon to plan.