Who to call if elderly parent dies in sleep at home? – Funeralwise https://www.funeralwise.com/forums/topic/who-to-call-if-elderly-parent-dies-in-sleep-at-home/feed/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 07:42:07 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.9 en-US https://www.funeralwise.com/forums/topic/who-to-call-if-elderly-parent-dies-in-sleep-at-home/#post-15147 <![CDATA[Who to call if elderly parent dies in sleep at home?]]> https://www.funeralwise.com/forums/topic/who-to-call-if-elderly-parent-dies-in-sleep-at-home/#post-15147 Fri, 08 May 2020 21:08:47 +0000 mamlee Who needs to be called if an elderly parent dies in their sleep at home? Do we need to call the police? And who removes the body?

]]> https://www.funeralwise.com/forums/topic/who-to-call-if-elderly-parent-dies-in-sleep-at-home/#post-15150 <![CDATA[Reply To: Who to call if elderly parent dies in sleep at home?]]> https://www.funeralwise.com/forums/topic/who-to-call-if-elderly-parent-dies-in-sleep-at-home/#post-15150 Fri, 08 May 2020 21:22:39 +0000 Jennifer Lane Generally, you would call the person’s doctor who will need to officially pronounce the death for the death certificate, or contact the on-call nurse with hospice if under hospice care. Then you would contact a funeral home to come and remove the body.

You only need to call the police if the death at home was due to unknown circumstances or unattended.

For additional information see our page about what to do when someone dies.

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