What are the important points that funeral directors should stress to families about cremated remains?
• Emphasize that the importance of having a concrete final disposition location for the cremated remains, whether they are scattered, placed in a columbarium, or buried. • Emphasize that the storage of cremated remains is a temporary arrangement only. • Stress the importance of memorialization and perpetual care services provided by the cemetery, such as a columbarium niche, mausoleum columbarium, scattering garden, memorial woods, and/or burial plot.
