Possessions of dead ones

[Mezhgan]

Re: Possessions of dead ones

@muqawwee123

What are the norms of dealing with the possessions of dead ones (family members / relatives in particular) in different cultures?

Do people keep precious and trendy things with them and dispose of other immaterial items and things they don’t find useful through charity or whatever way.

Has the new culture of ‘I need privacy around me’, which lead to disowning your family and sending them to oldage homes, affected the way possessions of dead one used to be handled in past and now?

^This a bit of a stereotype. The majority of people who place elderly relatives in a nursing do not “disown” them or simply do it because “I need my privacy.” This is usually done because the elderly relative in question requires extensive medical care, around the clock, which the family cannot provide and by medical care, I don’t simply mean keeping them comfortable but actual medical procedures that must be performed by a health practitioner. When I was at uni and doing my clinical practice (similar to what doctors called “residency”), I was an intern at a nursing home and the majority of the cases were what described. Also, the families did not “disown” their elderly relatives and continued to visit them frequently.