Dear grandma
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The portal bestatter.ch answers all your questions about funerals and funeral provisions.
Funeral arrangements
While alive, questions about the passing can be clarified and wishes for a funeral and for a farewell can be discussed and recorded.
Sometimes it is enough to talk about it with your relatives. However, there are many circumstances where it is advisable to talk to a professional.
It is a great relief for relatives to have funeral wishes written down and questions clarified while they are alive.
Members of the Swiss Association of Funeral Services SVB will be happy to advise and help you. The association has its own pension fund, into which pension assets can even be paid, so that relatives are also relieved of this burden.
The pension fund of the Swiss. Association of Funeral Services SVB has the aim to provide the members of the SVB with the basis for the creation of pension contracts and to manage the pension assets in trust.
Contact a member of the SVB in your region for a no-obligation consultation.
Find the right funeral director
The Swiss funeral portal.
Do funeral homes advise on funeral arrangements?
In fact, preventive care requires this. Funeral directors are very happy to advise you on all questions and concerns.
Do I know the costs with the funeral plan?
Upon request and in consultation with a funeral home, this will be prepared in detail. As a rule, a cost breakdown is a component of the provision. In certain cases, these can or must be waived. A funeral home will advise you.
How much does a funeral plan, death care cost?
There are regional differences in terms of rates charged by institutions/offices/facilities, costs charged by funeral homes, or costs charged by other individuals and businesses involved. If an individual cost breakdown is desired, contact a funeral home in their area. Members of the Swiss. Association of Funeral Services are experienced and trustworthy and know the local conditions. They can provide advice and support.
Because many different people, companies, community facilities, etc. are involved, detailed cost information also depends on the exact formulation of the individual situation. Thus, the costs can range from CHF 0 to several thousand francs, depending on the case.
What is a funeral plan, death care?
The funeral provision/heir’s provision ensures the desired execution of one’s own funeral according to one’s own ideas and wishes. It helps to arrange everything during your lifetime. It ensures that own wishes are fulfilled and that relatives are relieved. In certain cases, a certain amount of money can be paid for the funeral in order to arrange everything comprehensively and to relieve relatives.
What are the benefits of a funeral plan, death care?
With the funeral provision contract, the signatory receives the certainty that his funeral will be arranged as he has wished and relieves his relatives.
Perhaps it is also the case that there are no relatives and one does not want to leave the decision regarding the burial to offices or uninvolved persons.
Who creates a funeral plan, death plan?
A funeral / death plan for one’s own burial can be made at any time by the Association through a contract with a funeral home.
In addition, there is also the possibility of making a funeral provision with a member of the association, which is understood as an expression of will and is therefore binding, but without a contract being drawn up for this purpose.
How do I create a funeral plan, death plan?
Find a member on our homepage and contact the funeral home with confidence. There are many regional peculiarities, traditions and procedures. There are different persons and institutions to contact and it is not possible to proceed in the same way everywhere in Switzerland.
A funeral home in their area can advise and provide valuable counsel. Your concerns are the focus, but it is important that you contact a local representative or contact person. Members of the Swiss. Association of Funeral Services are experienced and trustworthy.