IT CAN be hard to talk about and some people can't deal with the fact that it will happen to them. So a social networking site has been set up to get people to plan their end-of-life arrangements.
WrappingUp.com aims to help people get their affairs in order.
The site will offer legal and financial information, advice for dealing with family members and pets and suggestions to manage grief and bequests. Members are also encouraged to support each other.
''Australians spend almost $17 billion on funerals, nursing homes and community care services per year,'' Choice magazine spokesman Chris Zinn said. ''However, funeral planning and insurance are two areas where there is a lack of transparency and confusion, with many people not knowing whether they are paying what they should.''
The website's founders, Kelly Chapman and Della Churchill, believe it's important for people to understand their choices when it comes to planning their own funeral or finalising a loved one's estate. ''Until now there's been nowhere to go,'' Ms Chapman said.
''We hope by having this online resource at hand, more Australians will take charge of their own affairs to relieve their next of kin of the responsibility, at what is usually an emotional time.''
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/website-for-the-end-of-the-line-20110309-1bmra.html
Online: 9/3/2011
