So glad your son can come Scarlett. It's a whole different system here. Funerals are much more prompt- usually within a couple of days of the death, unless there's a reason to delay it, like a family member who needs to travel home. I'm not sure why exactly they are held so quickly - it's just always been that way.
The facility your son works at sounds fabulous. Almost like a "retirement village" rather than an assisted living facility. And I'm sure, very expensive. One of my step-daughters was telling me that in the US, as well as Health Insurance, you can get what I think is called Long Term Care insurance, for if you should need an Assisted Living Facility, or a Nursing Home when you are older. Her father in law had this insurance, and it paid for his care in an excellent Nursing Home for the last few years of his life.
The facility your son works at sounds fabulous. Almost like a "retirement village" rather than an assisted living facility. And I'm sure, very expensive. One of my step-daughters was telling me that in the US, as well as Health Insurance, you can get what I think is called Long Term Care insurance, for if you should need an Assisted Living Facility, or a Nursing Home when you are older. Her father in law had this insurance, and it paid for his care in an excellent Nursing Home for the last few years of his life.