The next step is to contact a funeral director who will take the deceased into their care and assist with funeral arrangements.
If the death was unexpected, unclear, suspicious or the person did not have a regular doctor, the police must be called.
When someone dies in a hospital, hospice or rest home
The staff at the care facility will first contact you to tell you about the death.
You should then call a funeral home to coordinate the body’s removal and completion of the death certificate. This needs to be done quickly because the care facility is required by law to remove the body from their premises immediately.
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