deathcare
End-of-life industry
Deathcare is the industry encompassing funeral homes, crematoriums, cemeteries, and related services for handling the dead.
The term parallels healthcare, framing end-of-life services as a unified sector: She's worked in deathcare for twenty years.
It appears in business contexts more than everyday speech.
Facility for death services
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
memorial services · obituary · hearse · columbarium · mausoleum · burial plot · urn · headstone
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- cremationBurning the deceased
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- green burialEnvironmentally gentle funeral method
- alkaline hydrolysisBase-catalyzed molecular breakdown
sky burial · repatriation · ash scattering · vigil · shrouding · ritual washing · composting · cryonics
Path left in water
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- funeral pyreOutdoor body-burning structure
- ancestor venerationReligious devotion to lineage
- mourning periodTime set aside for grief
marigold · incense · prayer beads · funeral feast · black armband · veiling · keening · dirge
Planned before required
- advance directiveDocumented future healthcare preferences
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- life insuranceContract paying upon death
prepaid funeral · trust · will · power of attorney · end-of-life · legacy · inheritance · next of kin
Death rites conducted domestically
- affordableReasonably priced
- price transparencyPublic disclosure of costs
- direct cremationCremation without prior viewing
- body donationBequeathing remains for research
dignified · accessible · eco-friendly · biodegradable · human composting · consumer rights
funeral home
Facility for death services
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
embalming · memorial services · obituary · hearse · columbarium · mausoleum · burial plot · urn · headstone · grief counseling
embalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- cremationBurning the deceased
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- green burialEnvironmentally gentle funeral method
alkaline hydrolysis · sky burial · repatriation · ash scattering · vigil · shrouding · ritual washing · composting · cryonics · cosmetology
wake
Path left in water
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- funeral pyreOutdoor body-burning structure
- ancestor venerationReligious devotion to lineage
mourning period · marigold · incense · prayer beads · funeral feast · black armband · veiling · keening · dirge · eulogy
pre-need
Planned before required
- advance directiveDocumented future healthcare preferences
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
life insurance · prepaid funeral · trust · will · power of attorney · end-of-life · legacy · inheritance · next of kin · executor
home funeral
Death rites conducted domestically
- affordableReasonably priced
- price transparencyPublic disclosure of costs
- direct cremationCremation without prior viewing
body donation · dignified · accessible · eco-friendly · biodegradable · human composting · consumer rights
deathcarematernity care
Healthcare for pregnant women
obstetrics · midwifery · neonatal care · prenatal care · pediatrics
deathcarehealthcare
Organized provision of treatment
emergency medicine · critical care · life support · resuscitation · trauma care
care, death, careful, deadly, careless, caretaker, deaths, deadline, deathless