While "End of Life" is inevitable for all of us, how we choose this final process can vary greatly depending on your faith, family or own personal choices. Many are unaware of such options beyond traditional ones. This page is dedicated to both enlighten and educate people on different options that may have been unfamiliar to them previously.
May you find these resources informative as well as provide you with peace of mind. And always feel free to contact us via phone 619.820.8541 or you may reach us via email: gravesitekeepers@aol.com with any further questions you may have.
My best friend entered Hospice care in 2002. The care she received opened my eyes to end of life care. The decision to volunteer and give back, was a must for me. Being a community speaker has given me the opportunity to share their mission which is "To prevent and relieve suffering and promote quality of life, at every stage of life, through patient and family care, education, research and advocacy."
San Diego Hospice & the Institute for Palliative Medicine
"The member organizations of the San Diego County Coalition for Improving End-of-Life Care Are dedicated to ensure quality end-of-life care for all San Diegans, as well as help educate the community about valuable healthcare and professional resources. Members of the Coalition are community members, many of whom are in the field of healthcare, education and consumer advocacy, as well as concerned citizens who have experienced or are affected by end-of-life care issues."
San Diego County Coalition for Improving End-Of-Life-Care
"Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. Think of us as if we were the "Consumer Reports" of the funeral business."
Funeral Consumer Alliance
"The Green Burial Council is a non-profit organization working to make burial more sustainable, economically viable, and meaningful. We aim to reduce the carbon emissions, waste and the use of toxic chemicals in the cemetery/funeral field and utilize burial as a means of acquiring, restoring, and stewarding natural areas. Founded in 2005, the Council has emerged as the "gold standard" among consumers, land trusts, park service agencies, cemetery operators, funeral homes, cremation companies and product suppliers."
Green Burial Council
"The Centre for Natural Burial provides comprehensive resources supporting the development of natural burial and detailed information about natural burial in your area."
The Centre for Natural Burial
"Natural burial is a new idea—the idea that in choosing how and where we are buried, each one of us can conserve, sustain, and protect the earth… the earth from which, we came and to which we shall return. A natural burial allows you to use your funeral as a conservation tool to create, restore and protect urban green spaces."