Consumer Information

AARP: Grief & Loss, Practical Matters
Overview of funeral planning, estate and other legal questions, and other funeral and memorial questions.
http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/practical.html

Body Donation - Sciencecare Anatomical
ScienceCare serves as a link between individual donors and medical researchers and educators. Cremation is provided at no cost to ScienceCare donors.
http://www.sciencecare.org

California Consumer Guide to Funerals
Consumer guide for California residents, including how FTC regulations and California law impact such practices as burial at sea, which the sponsoring company offers.
http://www.ashesonthesea.com/consumerguide.htm

Cooperative Funeral Fund
High-level funeral planning guide, with information on financing funerals, pre-need insurance and other funding options, and details on veterans' benefits.
http://www.cffinc.com/index.htm

Federation of Ontario Memorial Societies Funeral Consumers' Alliance
Gathers information about the Ontario Canada death care industry on behalf of Memorial Society members who have decided they do not want expensive full service conventional funerals and communicates this information to anyone interested.
http://www.myfuneralplan.org/

Final Arrangements Network
Online self-prepare programs with guidance and instructions for preplanning final arrangements. Includes product and service guide, cemetery lot listings, and advice on topics such as eldercare, retirement, and bereavement.
http://www.finalarrangementsnetwork.com/

Funeral Consumers Alliance
Funeral industry watchdog group that includes consumer warnings about specific organizations, things to watch for, and tools and information on planning a funeral.
http://www.funerals.org/

The Funeral Help Program
A consumer's guide to funeral arrangement. Provides an overview of options that need to be considered.
http://www.funeral-help.com/

Funeral Planning
Information on funeral planning, financing funerals, online planning tools, grief support materials, ask the experts panel, and funeral home locator guide.
http://www.funeralplan.com/

Funeral Planning Workbook
Basic information on the benefits of pre-planning a funeral; offers a low-cost workbook to help make decisions and plan the event. Developed by a 30-year veteran of funeral service.
http://www.funeralplanning1.com/

funerarybox.com
Pre-planning and planning resources for funerals, memorial services, cremation.
http://www.funerarybox.com/

Memorial Service Planning
A resource for finding poems, songs and music, and other creative ideas for personalizing funeral and memorial services. Also includes tips on how to write a eulogy, and preplanning advise.
http://www.memorialserviceplanning.com/

The Memorial Society of Edmonton & District
The Society assists and educates consumers in preplanning, funerals.
http://www.angelfire.com/my/edmemsociety/

Monument Builders of North America
An association of manufacturers of memorials, tombstones, and markers. Consumer information on purchasing memorials and consumer and legislative news.
http://www.monumentbuilders.org/

Organ and Whole Body Donation
Includes downloadable and printable organ and whole body donation cards, articles on death and what happens to dead bodies (including stages of decay), funeral industry glossary, and books and reference materials on the medical aspects of death.
http://galenpress.com/extras/extra4.htm

Profits of Death
A veteran of the death care business, reveals the rip-offs and shows people how to cut funeral costs.
http://www.profitsofdeath.com/

UK Funeral Planning, Arranging, and Services
Detailed information on everything from finding a funeral service provider to paying for funerals to alternative methods of disposition (e.g., body donation, burial at sea). Also includes counseling resources.
http://www.funeralsuk.com/index.htm

UK Funerals On Line
Independent consumer guide to funerals lists UK funeral directors and monumental masons; includes information about sending funeral and sympathy flowers and floral tributes.
http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk

US Funerals Online
Guide and directory about funerals and death in the USA.
http://www.us-funerals.com/