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An intimate emotional portrait of three families who have chosen to fore-go the funeral director and proscribed memorial, and instead care for their dead in their own homes. This is not a story about hospice or green burial; producer April Dembosky introduces us to people taking matters into their own hands: washing and dressing the bodies of their loved ones, building coffins, digging graves, and keeping their loved ones closer to home.
Death Comes Home was produced by April Dembosky.
Links:
'Dead' baby wakes before funeral
In an unusual turn of events, a baby returned in a cardboard box for burial awoke during preparations for its burial.
Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative
A more detailed look at the growing trend of home funerals from The New York Times.
Home Funeral Directory
Resources to help manage a family's home funeral in over 20 states.
Books:
 Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love
by: Lisa Carlson 1998
This book exposes all the secrets of the funeral industry including unnecessary and overpriced services. It also provides suggestions for people who want to be in charge of the loved one's funeral and follow the 'green' route.
 Grave Matters: A Journey through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
by: Mark Harris 2008
'Grave Matters' follows families that choose the alternative route when burying loved ones (also known as green funerals). It compares and contrasts the alterantive to the current harmful and toxic modern day standards.
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