Resources
Resources
Helpful Books
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Mourning Coffee for the Mourning Soul Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Mourning Light I, II, III
Someone Has Died I, II
Mourning Coffee
Mourning Coffee is a website that offers 100 video "Grief Briefs". These short videos address the facts of a survivors grief experience. They explain what is and what is not a healthy grief experience. "Grief Briefs" are easy to understand and apply to your recovery. They arm the survivor with easily understandable and applicable information to affect a better recovery from loss.
Tracy Renee Lee
My name is Tracy Renee Lee. I am the owner and managing funeral director at Queen City Funeral Home. I am an author, syndicated columnist, and professional speaker. I write books and weekly bereavement articles related to understanding and coping with grief. I am the American Funeral Director of the Year Runner-Up and recipient of the BBB’s Integrity Award. I deliver powerful messages and motivate audiences toward positive recovery.
It is my life's work to comfort the bereaved and help them live on.
If you are confused and would like information that is easy to understand and apply to your grief experience, please go to my new bereavement website, www.MourningCoffee.com. I have posted 100 very short, understandable and helpful "Grief Briefs" for you to listen to and watch. I also have my bereavement books posted there if you would like a copy for your very own personal collection.
As a syndicated columnist, I write for over 3000 newspapers and magazines nationwide. I also write for special publications and electronic media. I am a guest writer for other authors and books, and I have been commissioned to write pamphlets for coping with adult grief and to assist adults in talking with children who are grieving. I have published books dealing with grief for adults, and story books and coloring books for children.
Elements Behavioral Health
This guide provides an outline of Grief Symptoms, Causes and Effects. It explains treatments and recovery programs. Elements Behavioral Health.
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Social Security & Veteran Burial Benefits
The following checklist is designed to help you file for your Social Security benefits correctly so that prompt payments may be made.
Eligibility
The deceased worker must have credit for work covered by Social Security, ranging from 1 1/2 to 10 years depending on his or her age at death. Who may receive monthly benefits:
- A widow or widower age 60 or older (50 if disabled), or at any age if caring for an entitled child who is under 16 or disabled
- A divorced widow or widower age 60 or older (50 if disabled) if the marriage lasted 10 years, or if caring for an entitled child who is under 16 or disabled
- Unmarried children up to 18 (19 if they are attending a primary or secondary school full- time)
- Children who were disabled before reaching 22, as long as they remained disabled
- Dependent parent or parents 62 or older
Lump-Sum Death Payment
A one time payment of $255 is paid in addition to the monthly cash benefits described above. The lump-sum death payment (LSDP) is paid in the following priority order:
- A surviving spouse who lived in the same household as the deceased person at the time of death
- A surviving spouse eligible for or entitled to benefits for the month of death
- A child or children eligible for or entitled to benefits for the month of death
Applying for Benefits
You must apply in order to receive benefits.
You may also apply at any Social Security office or, if you wish, you may apply by telephone or online at www.ssa.gov. Just dial the toll-free number 1-800-772-1213 and the operator will schedule an appointment for you or arrange for the local Social Security office to take your claim by telephone.
Contact Social Security
You may contact Social Security toll-free, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
The number to use is 1-800-772-1213. You may visit the Social Security website at www.ssa.gov. To speak with a representative, call between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm on regular business days. At other times and on weekends and holidays, you may leave a message and they will call you back, in most cases, the next business day.
You may use the toll-free number to make an appointment either in a Social Security office or telephone to apply for benefits, transact other Social Security business, or just ask questions.