Barbara Kemmis is the Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America. Barbara gives us a sneak preview of CANA's latest Cremation Memorialization Research - Attitudes Towards Cremated Remains in Households.
Barbara Kemmis is the Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America. Barbara gives us a sneak preview of CANA's latest Cremation Memorialization Research - Attitudes Towards Cremated Remains in Households. We’ll go through interesting data regarding COVID, death rates, and baby boomers. By the end of this, you’ll either have a new understanding of the cremation family, or you’ll have statistical proof to validate your feelings about them.
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Timestamps
(00:00) - Intro
(00:50) - Welcome CANA Executive Director Barbara Kemmis
(02:27) - CANA's latest research on cremated remains
(06:40) - 26% have human ashes in the household
(11:15) - 51% of cremated remains in household are veterans
(19:08) - Everyone does something after a cremation
(22:39) - 70% were involved with loved ones in decision to cremate
(26:17) - Younger generation more positive about services
(31:36) - 5% want to leave cremated remains at funeral home
(35:53) - 60% upgraded from temporary containers
(42:28) - How to expand services from direct cremation?
(54:41) - Effects of Covid on cremation
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