Care Calendars For The Grieving
Funeral home professionals will take care of your loved one’s needs, but when you have a friend who is grieving, you might want to be there for other needs they have.
It’s hard to lose a loved one and you might know that from personal experience. When you hear that a friend has been working with funeral homes in Boonville, CA for a loved one’s final services after a death in their family, you might want to extend your help to them. There are a variety of things you might do, including working as an organizational hub and creating a care calendar. Here are some tips to help you with that process.
Think About What They Need
When you went through a loved one’s death yourself, what extras did you need help with? You can use that as a starting point, which can help you decide what kinds of tasks you want to put on the care calendar. You can also simply ask your friend where they are struggling and what they need to cover. They might surprise you in being completely open and honest about the things they really need. And they will certainly be touched that you want to help them through this hard time.
Gather Friends To Help
You likely have other friends in your group who also want to help your mutual friend, but are unsure how they can do so. Gather the friends who want to help and get an idea what kinds of things they want to do and where their talents lie. Make a list of those friends and let them know what you are doing and that you will have a place for them to help.
Arrange The Services
Decide how long you are covering certain tasks for your friend and set up a calendar. An online calendar is easy to share and easy for others to fill in. People can fill their names in as they want and everyone will be able to see what jobs are taken and what are still open. As you create the calendar, say for a month’s time, you can place meals, mowing tasks, and other such items on the list for people to grab.
Distribute The Calendar
After you have the dates, tasks, and other details set up, you will need to get the calendar out to the friends who want to help. You can email them a link, post things on social media, make phone calls, and get the word out in other ways. Make sure everyone who participates has all of the details needed. For example, if you are arranging meals, the family might put a cooler on their porch for the meals to be delivered so they don’t feel like they have to socialize with everyone stopping by. If the person needs to access the family lawnmower to get that job done, list how they can get to that device and so on.
While it can take some organizing, your friend will appreciate the tasks you cover through the care calendar. The professionals at funeral homes in Boonville, CA can help with suggestions as well. Contact Eversole Mortuary any time you need advice.
