Barbara Kemmis (Executive Director, CANA): Attitudes Towards Cremated Remains in Households | #19

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. Learn more about CANA: cremationassociation.orgTimestamps (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 cremationFor Innovative Funeral Directors Blazing a Trail. Find us at directcremation.comListen on Spotify or Apple PodcastsWant to start a cremation brand yourself? Learn how the some of the biggest cremation brands do it at partingpro.com