...A mortician could also be known as a funeral director. They are the ones usually involved in the embalming, cremation and burial of the deceased. Most funeral homes are a family business that is ran by morticians within the family. In the United States, the individual states each have their own licensing regulations for funeral directors. Most require an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree, along with a board examination. The educational requirements for a mortician can be associate’s degree to a master’s degree. You can also train to be a technical assistant for two years. Mortician’s have to keep their license by taking classes. College courses to become a mortician vary from your basic business classes, to psychological understanding, becoming a mortician requires many different skills. You will need to take business classes to run the funeral home, anatomy to embalm the body, and cosmetology to prepare the body for the funeral. You also have to take courses on dealing with other peoples grievances over losing a loved one and how to respond to them…being a funeral director is a very emotional job. When funeral directors are notified of a death, they arrange for the body to be moved to the funeral home. They get the information needed for the death certificate and for the newspaper death notice, or obituary. They meet with the family of the deceased to discuss the details of the funeral service, including the selection of a casket. It’s a lot more than just embalming...
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...A mortician could also be known as a funeral director. They are the ones usually involved in the embalming, cremation and burial of the deceased. Most funeral homes are a family business that is ran by morticians within the family. In the United States, the individual states each have their own licensing regulations for funeral directors. Most require an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree, along with a board examination. The educational requirements for a mortician can be associate’s degree to a master’s degree. You can also train to be a technical assistant for two years. Mortician’s have to keep their license by taking classes. College courses to become a mortician vary from your basic business classes, to psychological understanding, becoming a mortician requires many different skills. You will need to take business classes to run the funeral home, anatomy to embalm the body, and cosmetology to prepare the body for the funeral. You also have to take courses on dealing with other peoples grievances over losing a loved one and how to respond to them…being a funeral director is a very emotional job. When funeral directors are notified of a death, they arrange for the body to be moved to the funeral home. They get the information needed for the death certificate and for the newspaper death notice, or obituary. They meet with the family of the deceased to discuss the details of the funeral service, including the selection of a casket. It’s a lot more than just embalming...
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...the 1860’s. Families of soldiers killed in the battle wanted to have their bodies returned home. Dr. Thomas Holmes found a way. His system was the forerunner of todays “embalming”. In almost all cultures, an individual’s death is marked by a ritual. Funerals in the United States and a few other countries and cultures serve purposes such as religious, social, and personal (M.Mahon, 2009) Unlike taxes there’s no way to get around death. Our days are numbered. That’s why the world needs funeral directors (Mosca, 2011). Mourning the loss of a loved one is a traumatic experience we must all suffer during our lives. For many of us, making the necessary funeral arrangements while in an emotionally fragile state can be a frustrating, painful experience without the help of an experienced and caring funeral director. The career of a funeral director can be an emotionally rewarding job .Funeral directors are also counselors, aiding people during one of the most difficult times of their lives. Families need compassionate counseling and guidance, and a funeral director can offer support and assistance in making end-of-life decisions. Funeral directors also handle all arrangements . They often need to travel to private homes, places of worship, and cemeteries and crematoriums. They also need to travel to hospitals and accident sites to transfer bodies. Becoming a funeral director requires education, licensing, and training. Most states require applicants to be twenty-one...
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...INDUSTRY AND COMPETITORS The funeral home industry has been at a steady decrease for the past decade. Not only is this present at a local or regional level, but at a national level. The traditional funeral service and burial are becoming less favored. Instead, across the country, families are preoccupied by external distractions. These distractions have nothing to do with the funeral homes’ capabilities, but with the growing popularity of cremations. “Our cremations have tripled in the past 5 years,†said Jason Monell, a funeral director in Northern Kentucky. Cremation has been a popular choice in the West for years, but the trend is sweeping the country as cremation gains wider acceptance. “In 2002, arrangements for 22 percent of all deaths in the United States included cremation, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. By 2010, the association expects that to nearly double†(Conner). There are many reasons why cremations are going to take over the industry down the road. This causes funeral directors to create other services and opportunities to make their businesses profitable. The first main reason why cremations are gaining popularity has to do with the environment. This is probably one of the most apparent and obvious reasons. Cemeteries are starting to run out of land causing people to develop a concern. However, there are measures currently taking place to help conserve land. For example, Highland Cemetery in Northern Kentucky has dedicated...
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...Mortuary Science is the study of deceased bodies through mortuary work. Most people who study it usually become morticians or funeral directors. It teaches students everything about funerals business. Death is not about dreadful and horrifying aspects; it’s very important for the living and the deceased. Every human being at some point in time has to cope with death because death is unavoidable. Funeral homes take care of the remains and assist the families of the deceased. It’s very important to the grieving family to have proper closure their love one. They help the family and friends work through a terrible situation by consoling and comforting loved ones as they work to lay the deceased to rest. It’s also a time to remember and celebrate...
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...America Funeral Process Funerals are some of the most difficult activities for most individuals to experience, especially when they involve the death of a loved one. Over the years, there has grown a common and yet distinct American custom when it comes to how funerals are perceived and conducted (James 348). However, most Americans still hold unto the traditional funerals as opposed to modern ones. Unfortunately, the American funeral customs put a lot of more emphasis on some activities that turn out to be very costly. Worst of all, the economic burden that this traditions put on the bereaved families is even more detrimental. Most of the old folks are the greatest defenders and proponents of the traditional funeral customs. Since these are people who have the greatest if not the final say when it comes to family matters, many American families have found themselves becoming slaves of this old and outdates funeral practices whose greatest achievement is soaring the expenses of such a process. Yes, that is very true. American funerals are one of the most expensive funerals to undertake in the whole world. The funerals expenses plans or insurances have done nothing but to augment the funerals expenses as well (Leamy). It is very important for Americans to realize that there are many hidden charges that come with such plans. Funeral rituals have remained part of the American funeral process for many years. Just like in other parts of the world, the history of the funeral services...
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...America Funeral Process Funerals are some of the most difficult activities for most individuals to experience, especially when they involve the death of a loved one. Over the years, there has grown a common and yet distinct American custom when it comes to how funerals are perceived and conducted (James 348). However, most Americans still hold unto the traditional funerals as opposed to modern ones. Unfortunately, the American funeral customs put a lot of more emphasis on some activities that turn out to be very costly. Worst of all, the economic burden that this traditions put on the bereaved families is even more detrimental. Most of the old folks are the greatest defenders and proponents of the traditional funeral customs. Since these are people who have the greatest if not the final say when it comes to family matters, many American families have found themselves becoming slaves of this old and outdates funeral practices whose greatest achievement is soaring the expenses of such a process. Yes, that is very true. American funerals are one of the most expensive funerals to undertake in the whole world. The funerals expenses plans or insurances have done nothing but to augment the funerals expenses as well (Leamy). It is very important for Americans to realize that there are many hidden charges that come with such plans. Funeral rituals have remained part of the American funeral process for many years. Just like in other parts of the world, the history of the funeral services...
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...How the funeral industry is being impacted and changed by the Global Recession? Benjamin Franklin’s old adage “in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes” has never been truer. However, if he was around today he might change his spelling of “death” to “debt”. Taxes in Ireland have increased recently and the forthcoming emergency budget looks certain to bring further misery to the population. So while governments are busy collecting whatever taxes they can, people are still dying! You are born and then you die, it is a simple fact of life. In fact the portion in between we call life is the uncertain part. When you die you will require the services of an undertaker / funeral director. They are there to tax you one final time and put the proverbial last nail in your coffin, with a bill attached! With the exception of a huge natural disaster, accident or war, the funeral industry can quite accurately predict its number of customers for the forthcoming year using the country’s population statistics and current death rates. With such detailed statistics to hand this has to be one of the easiest industries to forecast. Figure 1.1 shows the death rate falling in recent years as population increases. Each customer is new (although dead!) but new business can only be achieved by taking from a competitor and not by a sudden jump in demand for the product. Andrew Loos explains “You’re battling for current customers (of other funeral homes), many of them with deep...
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...article on how the Funeral business is dying out. She talks about the changes in funeral rituals and how society is viewing funerals differently today. Throughout the text she tells short stories about her life that relates to the text. She started the text off with telling a story about how she got a letter from her cousins, right after her Aunts funeral, showing a chart of their families two burial plots at Hillside cemetery. Hingston states right after this that she plans on getting cremated. Hingston talks about how the funeral business is going out of business and how cremation is becoming more common. Hingston also talks about how todays technology is one of the reasons why the funeral business is dying out. In “The Death of...
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...Abstract The funeral industry, one of the oldest and among the most stable of industries regardless of economic trends, is facing one of the biggest challenges of its existence, and the threat is coming from an unlikely source – their own customers. People’s attitudes towards funerals have been changing and as a result, the number of traditional funerals has been declining. "Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals." -- Sir William Gladstone Survival in the U.S. Funeral Industry: A PESTEL Analysis The funeral industry, one of the oldest and among the most stable of industries regardless of economic trends, is facing one of the biggest challenges of its existence, and the threat is coming from an unlikely source – their own customers. People’s attitudes towards funerals have been changing and as a result, the number of traditional funerals has been declining. Funeral customs and services are as old as civilization itself. Throughout the history of mankind, every culture and civilization studied has attended to the proper care and disposition of their dead by way of three common things: some type of funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies, a sacred resting place and memorialization (Whittaker, 2005). Researchers have discovered Neanderthal burial grounds dating back to 60,000 BC along with animal...
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...Amanda Destefano 1) People- funeral directors, life insurance agents, weapon designers, and people who care for the dying Places- Cemeteries, funeral homes, battle fields, war memorials, disaster sites Times- Memorial days, Good Friday, anniversaries of battles, Halloween Objects- Obituaries, tombstones, hearses, electric chair Symbols- Black armbands, funeral music, skull and crossbones, and language 2) Natural phenomena, industrial accidents, human error, and weather. Mankind cannot do anything to rectify any of these because humans make mistakes and accidents always happen, most mistakes cannot be changed. 3) Visiting the cemetery, viewing, ceremony after the viewing called”Celebration of life”. 4) Carrying out traditions-remembering the loved one in a good way, and keeping celebrations going even though they aren’t alive, it’s a healthy way to cope, and doesn’t harm anyone and it makes us feel better inside. Visiting the cemetery-makes us feel like we are actually with and near the person again, make us believe so, and helps us grief knowing the loved one can see us there. It benefits us on the inside even though the person really isn’t in the ground. Professional Counseling- Someone who is suffering from a loss could get mental help if they aren’t able to cope in a healthy way, they could talk to someone who can try and work them through it. 5) Eye for an eye, not only one person suffered, payback, karma, it’s an equal treatment. 6) Coroner...
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...December 2, 2009 When Parents Age Helen Anna Davey, born October 30, 1922, mother of five children, including my twin sister and me she had at age 41, has always been a strong, vibrant woman. Even after my father passed away in 1976, she remained strong and took good care of her family. As time has passed, she has aged before our eyes, and our mother has transformed into a weak, helpless, person, who can no longer take care of herself. My mother is a breast cancer survivor, but is not the cancer that has left her in this weak, broken, condition. She had polio as a child. Because of the treatment, (body cast, brace, and later surgically shortening muscles), her right leg and foot were shorter, and as a result, she limped. She had a hip replacement years ago, but now the damage is beyond repair. She also had some muscle damage in her arms, which is greatly limiting her arm movements now. Although her body is failing, her mind and spirit are still very strong. So, as my elderly mother’s health is deteriorating, and she can no longer care for herself, my siblings and I face a great challenge as we take on the tremendous responsibility of managing the financial, legal, medical, and final arrangements for her, while we try to navigate through a difficult minefield of emotions. ...
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...The impact of HIV & AIDS in Africa Two-thirds of all people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, although this region contains little more than 10% of the world’s population.1 AIDS has caused immense human suffering in the continent. The most obvious effect of this crisis has been illness and death, but the impact of the epidemic has certainly not been confined to the health sector; households, schools, workplaces and economies have also been badly affected. During 2008 alone, an estimated 1.4 million adults and children died as a result of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.2 Since the beginning of the epidemic more than 15 million Africans have died from AIDS.3 Although access to antiretroviral treatment is starting to lessen the toll of AIDS, fewer than half of Africans who need treatment are receiving it.4 The impact of AIDS will remain severe for many years to come. The impact on the health sector In all heavily affected countries the AIDS epidemic is adding additional pressure on the health sector. As the epidemic matures, the demand for care for those living with HIV rises, as does the toll of AIDS on health workers. In sub-Saharan Africa, the direct medical costs of AIDS (excluding antiretroviral therapy) have been estimated at about US$30 per year for every person infected, at a time when overall public health spending is less than US$10 per year for most African countries.5 The effect on hospitals [pic] Nurses working on the HIV ward at Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda ...
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...Running Head: Psychological Effects on the Abnormal Individual. Necrophilia: And It’s Psychological Effects on the Individual Shamara Mills The College of New Rochelle-Rosa Parks Campus Human Sexuality PSY502 ARDA Research Paper Instructor: Nunez Abstract Necrophilia is a type of paraphilia listed in the DSM 5th edition in which the person has a sexual attraction to corpse. In this study I will examine the psychological effects of this disorder on the abnormal individual. I will take a look into different types of abnormal individuals and their personal behaviors. Some of the abnormal individuals I will discuss in this study are: Serial killers, teens with necrophilia fetishes, men who occupation is working with the dead. I will give insight into their personal thoughts reflecting their actions of the sexual disorder. I will also discuss different forms of clinical treatments associated with the disorder, Necrophilia, a Greek word that means “love of the dead” is one of the rarest of known paraphilia’s, in which a person has sexual contact or attraction with a corpse. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition, necrophilia is listed under sexual disorders that are uncommon. However, despite how disgusting the phenomenon is its practice more often than we like to accept as a society. There are two major forms of necrophilia sexual and nonsexual. A necropile likes to just be in the presence...
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...Many years ago, Males and females were confined to unbending gender roles in the society. These gender roles were not intrinsic in individuals; they were rather socially constructed by society. There are some males and females who do not conform to these restrictive gender roles defined by society. These individuals are said to demonstrate what is known as gender non-conformity. Some characteristics exhibited by such individuals include the inclination to have the opposite sex as playmates, the preference for clothing of the opposite sex, the tendency to play with toys of the opposite sex, association with oneself to characters of the opposite sex during role playing as well as the refusal to participate in activities that has been assigned by society as appropriate for that particular gender. These characteristics will be demonstrated in Rita Mae Brown’s novel RubyFruit Jungle . RubyFruit Jungle is a novel set in the 1950’s and 1960’s, an era when gender conformity was predominant. The protagonist, Molly Bolt displayed characteristics of gender non-conformity in the novel through her thoughts, feelings and interactions with the people around her. Molly displayed these characteristics from early childhood to adulthood. Early Childhood-At seven years old, molly had a boy, Broccoli as her playmate. At eleven, she was running around with her cousin, Leroy. Molly had already chosen the opposite sex as her playmates. During a scene where Jennifer, her aunt was diagnosed...
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