of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
More Information and Useful Links
Other Funeral Consumers Alliance sites
National FCA website (check here for chapters in other states)
California State FCA website (check here for other chapters in California)
Directory of West Coast FCA affiliates
Regulatory Information
California Department of Consumer Affairs Cemetery and Funerals Bureau (CFB)
CFB License Verification information for Funeral Homes, Cemeteries and their personnel
California Health & Safety Code 7100 regarding who may control disposition of remains
California Health & Safety Code 103626 regarding who may request copies of the death certificate (scroll down to find referenced code)
FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Funeral Rule: Consumer Rights under the Funeral Rule
FTC Consumer Protection: Funerals: A Consumer Guide
FTC FACTS for Consumers: Paying Final Respects: Your Rights When Buying Funeral Goods & Services
Legislation: review of new and recent legislation
Social Security Death Benefits
Social Security Survivor Benefits
VETERANS' Benefits
What to Do When Someone Dies (links)
From UncleFed's Tax Board Checklist: What To Do When Someone Dies
From LegalVoice After Death Occurs--A Checklist
Green Burial
What is Green Burial?
Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
Final Footprint: Eco-caskets and green burials
From ghost town to green burials, Half Moon Bay Review article
Family-Managed Death Care
Undertaken With Love: A Home Funeral Guide for Congregations and Communities
Home funeral info: Information on home funerals and a directory of home funeral guides.
Home funeral celebrants, who will help create a ceremony to honor your loved one.
VIDEO: Home Funeral Discussed, Part 1
VIDEO: Home Funeral Discussed, Part 2
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Hospice, Home Care, End-of-Life Care, Medical Directives
Mission Hospice, San Mateo
Hospice by the Bay, for Marin, San Francisco, Sonoma and San Mateo Counties
Cutting the High Cost of End-of-Life Care -- article from CNN Money
List of Local Hospices
Health Information from local Medical Libraries
Health Insurance and Medicare Questions: HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program)
Help at Home, a mini-reference guide to assist San Mateo county adults to remain in their own homes when they are ill, disabled or in crisis. A publication of the Peninsula Library System Community Information Program.
Find a Nursing Home: A guide to long term care in California
End-of-life choices, San Francisco, Northern California
California Medical Assoc info on Advance Health Care Directives,
California Advance Care Directive info and forms.
California info on DNR (do not resuscitate)
Grief
Pamphlett: When Someone You Care About is Grieving
List of Grief Counselling providers
Help with Estate Planning
From the California State Bar:
What you need to know about WILLS in California, by Ray Sowards, Attorney at Law
Help with Health Insurance
Medicare Health Insurance Counseling, HiCAP
Humor
VIDEO: Ask a Mortician, Episode 6, Decomposition
In the News
SmartMoney Article: 10 Things Your Funeral Director Won't Tell You
Forbes Article about Resomation: Going Green In Death
FCA Newletter Article on Resomation: Resomation--More than you wanted to know
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