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Poppy's Funerals — How to Care for Someone Who Has Died at Home

Poppy's Funerals

Step-by-step practical guide to caring for a body at home: confirming death, keeping the room cool, washing and dressing, rigor mortis timing, how long the body can remain at home, and when to contact a funeral director. Written accessibly for families and doulas.

Helps when

  • after death care and laying out
  • washing and laying out the body
  • what to do in the hours immediately after a death
  • client wants to die at home

Shelved under

Bereavement & after-death care · Home death

Signposting, not medical advice