We91裸聊视频檙e all going to die, but most of us aren91裸聊视频檛 preparing for it.

And that can mean a difficult time for loved ones, who are left scrambling to figure out what needs to be done when there no pre-arrangements made.

It can be anxiety-producing for many people, observed Shawn Carbonell, family service planner at Bakerview Memorial Cemetery in Aldergrove, who said fear can keep people from making funeral preparations in advance.

91裸聊视频淎 lot of people feel like if they make the plans, then they91裸聊视频檙e gonna die faster, right? It91裸聊视频檚 just not true, but I feel like a lot of people have that idea. It91裸聊视频檚 either, they fully see the benefits, or they91裸聊视频檙e terrified to death.91裸聊视频�

Jeremy May, owner of in Langley City, described pre-planning as 91裸聊视频渢he one decision that people want to defer the most, either to avoid it, or leave it to others.91裸聊视频�

May points to figures showing roughly 8,000 people die every day in North America, with only 2,000 of them having made prearrangements.

91裸聊视频淭he other 6,000 a day, it91裸聊视频檚 a mess,91裸聊视频� May commented.

Carbonell said it can be overwhelming for survivors if no pre-arrangements have been made.

91裸聊视频淲hen a death occurs, the cemetery and funeral home are going to ask so many questions,91裸聊视频� Carbonell warned.

91裸聊视频淟ike what91裸聊视频檚 your SIN number? Where91裸聊视频檚 the deed to the home? How many bank accounts? And they91裸聊视频檙e all going to ask that on the day of the death. Some people, you know, they can91裸聊视频檛 think of all of these things. They don91裸聊视频檛 know where anything is, and it takes a long time.91裸聊视频�

May said when overwhelmed survivors 91裸聊视频渉ave to start making decisions on the spot at two in the morning, you can make ones that are hasty, that maybe don91裸聊视频檛 reflect the wishes of the deceased, and they can be costly.91裸聊视频�

Prearranging does two things, May explained.

91裸聊视频淚t allows you to put your wishes down on paper, to let them be known, and it allows you to freeze or lock in the cost.91裸聊视频�

The moment you leave a deposit, he said, the prices for both burial plots and funeral services are locked in.

That is not a small concern, he noted, with funeral prices rising, on average, 10 per cent a year.

A cemetery plot that cost about $750 when May started in the industry in 1993, is now going for more like $80,000, he estimates, and funeral prices are rising, on average, 10 per cent a year.

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Carbonnell said when people make pre-arrangements, they always feel better.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e never helped a family where they felt bad for making these arrangements,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檝e always obviously been a little bit scared to make the arrangements, but when it91裸聊视频檚 all said and done, and finalized, there91裸聊视频檚 just a big sigh of relief and they91裸聊视频檙e happy.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎t the end of the day, it91裸聊视频檚 a very simple concept,91裸聊视频� May said.

91裸聊视频淓veryone is going to die, and they need to plan for that. It91裸聊视频檚 100-per-cent inevitable, you can91裸聊视频檛 avoid it.91裸聊视频�

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