Protecting Trans Identity After Death
The rights of the LGBTQ+ community are advancing in positive ways, even if it seems that for every two steps forward, there’s one step back. Progress is slow,...
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Stronger Together: The Value of Peer Support
Employee Engagement and Retention at CANA’s Convention WHEELING, IL—Burnout may have been the buzzword recent years, but it’s not a new one. The World Health Organization classified it...
Venting and Gossip are Bad for Your Health
Thank you to Dr. Davana Pilczuk of The Human Performance Group for this article. Dr. Pilczuk is an award-winning kinesiologist who specializes in human performance. She is a speaker, writer...
Milk and Honey & Golden Caskets | 4M #45
Welcome to the forty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #45, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
IS AI TAKING OVER FUNERALS? | FFFW #96
It’s officially LATE July. Can you believe that? I think that’s the number one thing that makes me feel old. See, I used to think adults always brought...
Hillenbrand Announces Intention to Explore Strategic Alternatives for its Batesville Business
Batesville is a leader in the death care industry in North America and is widely recognized by funeral professionals for its exceptional quality, innovation, and customer serviceFor more than 115 years, Batesville has...
Disturbing the Dead: When and How
At some point, many funeral homes will be asked to reverse their usual process and “unbury” a corpse. Disinterment, while not widespread, certainly isn’t uncommon in the modern...