A Brooklyn funeral home is allowing the terminally ill to attend their own funeral through 'exit [parties].' 'It gives the person who is dying the chance to say goodbye before they pass on,' the funeral director says.
has had to adapt to restrictions on public gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus while virtual funeral-related ceremonies have become ubiquitous since the start of the pandemic.But things were changing in the funeral industry even before Covid.
. And the industry projects that by 2040, “the number of casketed burials will account for just 16 % of U.S. deaths.”“The cost, of course, is a consideration,” Lantern co-founder Liz Eddy, 31, said. “The price of caskets is also out of reach for many consumers. Additionally, younger generations are considering the negative impact of embalming on the planet. There are lots of chemicals used in embalming that are harmful to the environment.
“I remember going through this when my grandmother died, which is how we ended up launching Lantern,” she said. “It felt so bizarre to me to use a traditional funeral home, to sit down with a total stranger, in a building I’d never been in before, and pour out my emotions in a room full of coffins.”“So, we created a digital future planning and funeral home experience that allows them, in part, to find those alternatives,” Eddy said.
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