Some people under hospice care choose to spend their final days at home. In some cases, families who have chosen hybrid green burial, look to have their loved one come directly from home to the cemetery. All interments require a disposition of human remains, also known as a burial permit, so the question is how a burial permit is obtained if the family is not working with a funeral home.
If the decedent passes away in Yolo County in their residence, and the family does not wish to use a funeral home, a PDF copy of the death certificate is completed between the family and the attending physician. The attending physician would need to sign off on the causes of death, and the family would fill out the decedent’s personal information. Once the record is complete, the family would contact the Vital Records office, for re-creation into the Electronic Death Registration System. The information would be uploaded into the system and then registered at which time a burial permit would be issued. The family would pick up the burial permit from the Vital Record office located in Woodland, CA and bring it to the Davis Cemetery at the time of burial.
This is a complex process which is why we recommend working with a funeral home.