Mortuary Administration Quiz #7
Cards of thanks and recognition sent to friends for kindness shown to a deceased's family, thank you cards
Acknowledgment Cards
A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the time
Adaptive Funeral Rite (Non-traditional)
Unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining
Alternative Containers
1. Caskets, Urns, and Outer Containers 2. Alternative Containers 3. Clothing 4. Sundry Items (Register Books, Memorial Folders, Acknowledgment Cards, Prayer Cards) 5. Green Alternatives 6. Receptions 7. Additional services offered by the funeral home 8. Merchandise provided by third party sellers 9. Other items
Merchandise available from the funeral home
The Department of Defense provides military funeral honors at the burials of military members and eligible veterans. When requested, funeral honors can be given at any cemetery - private or government operated. Most funeral directors make those arrangements with the DOD on behalf of the family.
Military Funeral Honors
1. Next of Kin or Other Relative 2. Person Making Arrangement 3. Representatives of a veteran's organization having charge of the funeral. 4. Other person having knowledge of the eligibility of the deceased and acting in the interest of his/her family.
Order of Preference for signing 21-2008
1. Surviving Spouse 2. Children, according to age 3. Parents, including adoptive, stepparents, and foster parents 4. Uncle/Aunts 5. Nieces/Nephews 6. Others, Cousins, Grandparents, etc.
Order of preference to receive burial flag
A card with the name of the dependent and prayer or verse, which may or may not include the dates of birth and Death
Prayer Card
A gold embossed, engraved paper certificate signed by the current U.S. President, to honor the memory of honorably discharged deceased veterans. 40-0247 is the request form.
Presidential Memorial Certificate
Death benefits may be paid to eligible survivors, such as living with widow(er), if there is no such widow(er), the lump sum may be paid to the funeral home or the payer of the funeral expenses. The lump sum averaged $1,013 in 2014 and $1,014 in 2015.
Railroad Retirement
Social Security form used by the funeral director to inform the Social Security Administration of the death of a wage earner or self-employed person
S.S.A. 721: Statement of Death by Funeral Director
Social Security form used for filing for the Lump Sum Death Benefit of $255.00 that has to be filed within two years after the death of the wage earner or self-employed person. (This form must be completed by the person who is claiming the Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit)
S.S.A. 8: Claimant's Form/Application for Lump Sum Death Benefit
The VA will pay up to $2,000 toward burial expenses for deaths on or after September 11, 2001. VA will pay up to $1,500 for deaths prior to Sept. 10, 2001. If the veteran is buried in a VA national cemetery, some or all of the cost of transporting the deceased may be reimbursed. If paid, this benefit is in lieu of the Basic Burial Allowance and Plot Allowance.
Service-Related Death Benefits
Funeral rites with the body not present
Memorial Service
Those funeral rites that follow a prescribed ritual or ceremony
Traditional Funeral Rite
1. It can be use to drape the casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who service honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces 2. It is furnished to honor the memory of a veteran's military service to his or her country. When there is no next of kin, the VA will furnish the flag to a friend making request for it.
Use of Burial Flags
Form used for obtaining a U.S. flag to drape the casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces. The flag is generally given to the family as a keepsake, after its use during the funeral service.
V.A. 21-2008: Application for United States Burial Flag for Burial Purposes
Form used in claiming V.A. benefits for the Veteran's burial expenses and the plot/interment allowances
V.A. 21P-530: Application for Veterans Burial Allowance
Form used to lie a government headstone or marker for an eligible veteran. When interment is in a National Cemetery, the superintendent of the cemetery will obtain the headstone or marker
V.A. 40-1330: Application for Standard Government Headstone or Marker VA 40-1330M: Medallion
1. The VA furnishes upon request and at no additional charge to the applicant, a government headstone or marker for any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world. 2. For all deaths occurring before December 27, 2001, the VA may provide a headstone or marker only for graves that are not marked with a private stone 3. Spouses and dependents buried in a private cemetery are not eligible for a government provided headstone or marker, however those buried in National, Military Post, or State Veterans cemeteries can be eligible. 4. Flat markers in granite, marble, and bronze, and upright headstones in granite and marble are available.
VA Headstones or Markers
One who has served a prescribed period of time with the armed forces and who is no longer an active member of the armed forces.
Veteran
1. DD 214: Discharge Papers 2. File # (C#) if the veteran has filed a previous claim 3. Otherwise, if they cannot find any kind of service record on the veteran they may need the veteran's death certificate, marriage license, child's birth certificate of veteran's children or the veteran's birth certificate
Veteran must be identified to process claim and this would normally be accomplished by:
Two years from the date of death (VA time limit is two years from the date of permanent disposition)
What is the time limit for filing a claim for the Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit?
August 14, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
When was the Social Security Act signed and by who?
Social Security Administration
a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which provide benefits for retirement, survivors insurance, disability and includes Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare.
Government benefits for the disposition of remains of members of the United States Armed Forces who die on active duty. Military authorities will arrange for the services at government expense or the spouse or next of kin may make their own arrangements and claim reimbursement in the allowable amounts. Funeral homes will be under one of two situations: 1. In areas where military installations are located, the government issues contracts to local funeral homes on a yearly basis and the government negotiates the contract up to a maximum amount. 2. Should an active service person die in an area where no contract has been issued, DD-1375, Request for Payment for Funeral and/or Interment Expense should be used
Burial Benefits for Active Duty Personnel
A document requesting and authorizing a burial at sea
Burial at Sea Request/Authorization Form
Funeral observances that reflects present day (modern) influence in lieu of (or in addition to or as part of) the traditional ceremonies
Contemporary Funeral Riteq
Papers issued by the Department of Defense to military members of the U.S. Armed Forces upon separation from active service.
DD 214 Discharge Papers
Document which provides the next of kin of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces, who were killed while on active duty, to apply for reimbursement of funeral and interment expenses
DD-1375: Request for Payment for Funeral and/or Interment Expenses
Veterans discharged under conditions other than dishonorable and service members who die while on active duty may be eligible for the following burial benefits: 1. Burial in a National Cemetery 2. Government Furnished Headstone or Marker 3. Presidential Memorial Certificate 4. Burial flag and in some cases 5. Reimbursement of a portion of burial expenses
Death Benefits of Veterans
A federal agency that administers benefits provided by law for veterans of the armed forces
Department of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Administration (VA)
Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the deceased present.
Direct Cremation
The F.I.C.A. Payment is a percentage of the gross pay of each employee which is withheld by the employer. This amount in addition to the matching amount paid by the employer is remitted to the IRS on a quarterly basis. The percentage is determined by Congress and the law is administered by the Social Security Administration. A Self-employed person pays 2 times the employee's rate.
Discuss how much money an employee pays to Social Security.
For non-service related deaths on or after October 1, 2015, the VA will pay up to $747 toward burial and funeral expenses (if hospitalized by VA at time of death) or $300 toward burial and funeral expenses (if not hospitalized by VA at time of death) and a $747 plot-interment allowance (if not buried in National Cemetery) For non-service related deaths on or after December 1, 2001, but before October 1, 2011, the VA will pay up to $300 toward burial and funeral expenses (if hospitalized) or $300 plot-interment allowance. The plot-interment allowance is $150 for deaths prior to December 1, 2001. If the death happened while the Veteran was in a VA hospital or nursing home, some or all of the costs for transporting the Veteran's remains may be reimbursed.
Funeral and Burial Benefits for Veterans
A ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the grave
Graveside Service
Ecologically Friendly
Green
A place of interment that bans the use of metal caskets, toxic embalming, and concrete vaults and may also require the use of aesthetically natural monuments
Green Burial Ground/Natural Burial Ground/Eco-Cemetery
Disposition without the use of toxic chemicals or materials that are not readily biodegradable; burial that bans the use of embalming fluid (or at least requires alternatives), vaults, conventional markers and meta caskets, with interment of the body in a biodegradable casket, shroud, or favorite blanket
Green Burial/Natural Burial
Deathcare that minimized the use of energy in service offerings and products and that bans the use of toxic/hazardous materials; ecologically friendly
Green Funeral
Determined by the Social Security Administration. Would be the surviving spouse who was living in the same household with the eligible worker when he/she died. If there is no surviving spouse, the work's child (or children) who was receiving benefits on the deceased worker's earnings during the month in which the worker died may be eligible to receive the Lump Sum Death Benefit. (Normally this is a minor child)
How is eligibility determined for the Social Security Lump Sum death benefit?
1. The burial flag is applied for by completing V.A. Form 21-2008 Application for U.S. Flag for Burial Purposes. 2. You can get a flag at any VA regional office or U.S. Post Office. When burial is in a national, state or military post cemetery, a burial flag will be provided.
How to apply for Burial Flags
A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation
Humanistic Funeral
Disposition of human remains by burial, without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the deceased present, except for a graveside service
Immediate Burial
A book signed by those attending a visitation/service
Memorial Book/Register Book
A pamphlet made available at the funeral service giving details about the deceased and funeral arrangements
Memorial Folder/Service Folder
A scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death
Memorial Gathering
Those who receive a monthly check normally receives them the same time each month. A check that is received in October is the Social Security payment for September. A check is not payable the month of death. Checks should be returned unless the check is made out jointly to a husband and wife. If the check was being deposited directly into a financial institution, it should be notified as soon as possible so the institution can return the payment. Because Social Security laws have changed over the years, it is best to be as knowledgable as possible. Most notifications of changes will be noted in professional publications that morticians regularly read
Social Security Checks
Credit that is measured in "quarters of coverage." An individual can earn up to 4 quarters of credit per year. i.e. 1 quarter = 3 Months
Social Security Work Credits
During working years, employees, their employers and self-employed individuals pay Social Security taxes, with the money being used to pay for the various benefits the program offers to all of those paying into Social Security as well as administrative costs of the program.
Social Security during the working years
1. Niche markers are also available to mark columbaria used for inurnment of cremated remains. 2. Memorial headstones and markers are provided for deceased active duty service members and veterans whose remains are not recovered or identified, buried at sea, donated to science or scattered after cremation.
Special VA Headstone or Markers
The miscellaneous items provided or used to compliment the services of the funeral director, i.e. register books, acknowledgment cards, memorial folders/programs, religious paraphernalia, flag case, etc.
Sundry Items
$255.00
The Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit is?
