Tuesday 24 May 2011

A visit to the cremoterium

I have a deceased service user who I worked with over a year
and attended the funeral at Honor Oak cremoterium.
The priest rang me to ask some special memories but I could not
say any as the chat I had with him was either
'Get out of my flat!.' 'Get me some cigarettes.' 'Make me coffee.'
'I'm cold.' 'TV is broken.' etc
He died in April but the funeral was arranged for today.
No family members, not many friends but the friendship fail
through few months before he died. So it was his GP and I
who was there to say good bye. There is no duty for any
professionals to attend ones funeral but it depends on the
relationship with the service user that will decide whether to attend.
I knew there will be no one at his funeral but GP and I so
I made an effort to attend and he died at home where he wanted
which his GP and I tried to support him with.
My ever first visit to a cremoterium in the UK or Korea.

Southwark Council had to arrange his funeral as there was no one
around him to arrange his funeral. It was very arranged as well.
I found the whole process after death very interesting which
demonstrates the extend of British welfare system....
it does what they claim for 'Cradle to the grave.'

May he rest in peace.....

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