All About Estates

Category: Funeral Planning

Total 29 Posts

“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” -Alfred Lord Tennyson

My blogging colleagues have described many estate and trust issues resulting from subsequent marriages. However today’s blog acknowledges that older individuals can enjoy another meaningful, satisfying and loving relationship after the death of a significant other.

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A Caregiver’s Grief

Personal Support Workers can be feel more like family to the older person than their own children. Especially felt in the later years of life, their bond can be very strong. I wonder how often they are remembered in the Will?

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Prayer and Hope for Another Year

“How many shall die and how many shall be born
Who shall live and who shall die
Who at the measure of days and who before
Who by fire and who by water
Who by the sword and who by wild beast”

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Memorial Jewellery – From Ashes to Diamonds?

After cremation, most people think of ashes being “sprinkled”, held in an urn or interred. Many companies are advertising different options in the form of “Memorial Jewellery”, and one has developed a method of creating diamonds that are purportedly “molecularly identical to naturally occurring diamonds” from cremated remains.

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CPP AND OAS

What happens to CPP and OAS benefits after death?

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Funerals in the Internet Age

A recent blog by Elaine Blades discussed some of the succession issues arising from recent developments in reproductive technologies.  As a recent article in the New York Times demonstrates, the modern funeral service is also not immune from the relentless progression of the technological age. One of the first responsibilities…

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