AfterCare
AfterCare is the ongoing support and counseling we provide to families who choose Cedar Memorial for funeral, cemetery and cremation services. This support doesn't stop after the memorial service is over. We are here to help you in the weeks, months and years that follow. View a Reading List of grief support materials available in our Family Center and Library.
AfterCare Counselor
As an AfterCare Counselor, Jane Brokaw visits with family members after a death has occurred. Jane delivers our AfterCare basket, literature and reading materials from our Grief Library. If you need assistance dealing with your grief, you may contact Jane at any time.
AfterCare Services Packet
To request a helpful packet of information that includes a list of local grief support groups, details about grief seminars and access to a special GriefCare Line, please contact us online or at any of our locations.
2007 ICCFA Best Practices/Personal Touch
First Place & Grand Prize Winner
"...Cedar Memorial revamped its approach to providing 'service after the service' and developed an AfterCare program to improve contact with families. In creating the program, Cedar Memorial addressed overlaps and gaps with regard to services being provided by other community groups such as churches and support groups. It also surveyed families to learn what types of services they desired and what expectations they had regarding timing after the service. As a result of its research, Cedar Memorial hired a retired family services counselor to administer its AfterCare program. She provides exceptional hands-on service to address families' needs, requests and complaints, and she delivers an AfterCare basket two weeks after each service has been performed. The basket contains reading materials on grief and loss as well as assorted food items and gift cards."