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If you’re making a Will, you may be thinking about who to leave an inheritance or gift to when you pass away. Here are some things to consider.
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A Statement of Wishes (SOW) can accompany your Will. It is useful for providing your executor context of your wishes.
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An Advance Care Directive is a legal estate planning document outlining your wishes for future medical care and end-of-life treatment.
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A Will is a legal document outlining your wishes for how your estate will be distributed after your death. You’ll just need to make some personal decisions.
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If you’re making a Will and want to include a donation to charity, here’s how to ensure your wishes are followed.
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Here’s how you can spend the $5,500 saved pre-paying your funeral with Bare Cremation while you’re still here to enjoy it!
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Thinking of taking out funeral insurance, or considering prepaying your funeral? Find out the benefits of prepaid funerals first!
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I’m relatively fit, healthy and under 40, but I’ve already prepaid my funeral. I’ve even picked my memorial music. Here’s why.
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A preplanned funeral is something everyone should do’. Lily planned for her own future after a sudden passing left the family unable to afford the funeral.
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Geelong grandmother Sharon says the financial and emotional burden of planning a funeral shouldn’t have to fall on families.
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Queensland grandparents Lenny and Sandra are planning a holiday with the money saved on a Bare Cremation prepaid funeral – with cash to spare! Find out how.
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Organ donation can save or transform lives. Here’s how to register to become an organ donor.
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- Yajaira Appeldorff
- Writer, Bare
- ESTATE PLANNING
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If you are an executor or administrator wondering what happens with a deceased person’s home, follow these four steps.
- Mel Buttigieg
- Writer, Bare
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It can be helpful to engage a lawyer to Probate an estate. We explain when legal advice may be needed.
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Death educator Dr Annette Mallon explains why we must change how we talk about death and dying.
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When people make expensive purchases, like a car or holiday, they usually shop. But most families accept the first quote they’re given.
- Mel Buttigieg
- Writer, Bare
- FUNERAL PLANNING
- 4 MINS
As a 100% carbon-neutral funeral provider, we are working to reduce the environmental impacts of cremations.
- Mel Buttigieg
- Writer, Bare
- FUNERAL PLANNING
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This guide sets out everyone that will generally need to be contacted after a death.
- Mel Buttigieg
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- FUNERAL PLANNING
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The deceased estate can pay for funeral expenses even if accounts are frozen. Here’s how.
- Mel Buttigieg
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Death educator Dr Annette Mallon explains why we must change how we talk about death and dying.
- Mel Buttigieg
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Australian cricketing legend, Ian Chappell, considers death a ‘one-innings game’. He’s just trying not to run himself out.
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A living wake is a chance to honour a loved one while they are still here to enjoy the party. Here’s how.
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How to choose a funeral celebrant to lead a memorial? Ask these 6 questions.
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If someone dies unexpectedly, it can be hard to know what to do. Here’s some practical advice and support to cope with an unexpected death.
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When someone you love dies, it doesn’t mean the relationship has to end with them. There are many ways to stay connected, writes Gabriela Georges.
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When planning a funeral or memorial, you might consider a poem as part of the tributes. Here are our favourite memorial and funeral poems.
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A death anniversary is an opportunity to remember and celebrate a loved one. Here are 11 ways to honour the deceased their anniversary.Â
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Writing a sympathy card can help you express condolences after the death of a loved one. Here are some examples of sympathy messages.
- Ross Nicol
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Christmas after a loss can be a truly difficult time of grief. But you can include your loved one in new traditions by following our 12 Days of Christmas Grief.
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Finding meaningful ways to cherish a baby’s short life is significant to healthy healing after stillbirth or death of a child.
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In this final article in our Coping With Grief series, I talk about how aged care and palliative care workers can be supported through death.
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In this seventh article in our Coping With Grief series, I offer advice on how to comfort a friend after a death.
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In a ‘small win’ for vulnerable Australians, the nation’s biggest funeral company has backed down on charging a misleading late fee for services billed in advance, following an investigative report by CHOICE.
- Mel Buttigieg
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When is it reasonable to charge vulnerable customers a penalty fee, for an action they haven’t even take yet? That’s the question for funeral giant InvoCare
- Bare Cremation
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The coronavirus is shaking-up the funeral industry, but it’s a long-overdue change that empowers families to personalise how they celebrate their loved ones.
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In his article for Starts at 60, Bare Cremation’s Cale Donovan explains how a conversation with mate Sam about his recent loss sparked a change in the funeral industry.
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- NEWS AND MEDIA
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In a recent review of the funeral industry, Australia’s consumer advocacy group CHOICE had some glowing things to say about Bare Cremation. Find out more here.
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- NEWS AND MEDIA
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We’re pleased to announce we have now achieved more than 100 customer reviews and a 4.97-star rating!
- Bare Cremation
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- FUNERAL PLANNING
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Melbourne coronavirus restrictions for planning a funeral or memorial explained. Here’s what’s changing.
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