Widowhood Wednesday - 8/27/14

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DISCLAIMER -
This is NOT intended to be professional advice of ANY sort!!
Please talk to your attorney and accountant about your affairs -
Your situation is unique to YOU!!
This is simply some of what I did - and it may or may not be -
What you want/need to do when the time comes - ;))
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When my husband died -
He was under “In-Home Hospice Care” -
And “Continuous Care” (24-hour care) -
And that day a Hospice Nurse -
Hospice Case Manager -
And the Hospice Pastor -
All happened to be here with us -

The Hospice Case Manager contacted the Hospice head-honcho Doctor -
To give him the information he needed for the death certificate -
And made the arrangements to shut down the “In-Home Hospice Care” -
And the Hospice Pharmacy service -

The Hospice Pastor volunteered to contact the Funeral Home for me -
But there was no “Funeral Home” to notify -
My husband had wanted to be an organ donor -
But cancer patients aren’t allowed - for obvious reasons -
So he did some research on the internet -
And was able to donate his “Whole Body” to a Medical School for research -
So the Pastor contacted the Medical School per the donor registration card -
And they came within three hours -

The Hospice Nurse was in charge of destroying the meds -
The Pastor and I had to witness the destruction and sign off on it -

I called Family Member #1 -
To let them know -
And told them that I would call again later that evening -
For a longer chat -

Then I called Friend #1 -
She came over -
After a while - the Hospice Manager and Hospice Nurse both left -
And my Friend #1 and the Pastor stayed with me -
Until the Medical School people arrived -

After everyone had left -
I called back Family Member #1 -
For the longer chat -

And then I called Neighbor #1 - across the street -
To let them know -

I had been working on my My Guy post for months -
So I edited that for the last time -
And posted it -

And that was enough for that day - ;))



PLEASE REMEMBER -
This is simply some of what I did -
And it may or may not be what you want or need to do -
When the time comes - ;))



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HOMEWORK - IMMEDIATE CONTACTS -

Make a list of your DOCTORS -
One of them will probably be the “Attending Physician” -
Who will have to sign off on the death certificate -

Make a list of FUNERAL HOME CHOICES -
For funeral arrangements -
Include the nearest VA cemetery if your husband is a veteran -
And consider donating your “Whole Body” to a local Medical School -

Include name - address - phone numbers - email addresses -
List them in the order in which you want them notified -
And the best way to notify them - phone - email - written note - or in person -

You can start with just the names -
And fill in the rest later - ;))

And while you’re at it -
Make a list of his meds and yours -
You will have to notify your non-Hospice Pharmacy -
To shut down their file(s) -
But you don’t have to do that on the first day - ;))