Death in a Hospital or Nursing Home

When a death takes place at a hospital or nursing home, the medical staff will notify you of the passing as well as help you take care of all necessary legal steps. Be sure to inform the hospital/nursing home staff regarding the funeral home that we will be handling arrangements and give them our main phone number 513.853.1035. Once Spring Grove Funeral Homes has been contacted, please let us and the facility know if the family will be waiting for our transfer team, going home, or if there are family members still in transit to see the deceased before the transfer to the funeral home. There might be some situations where a medical examiner will be involved. These include deaths in the emergency room or instances where an injury may have contributed to death. In these situations, an autopsy or medical investigation may be required. The coroner in these situations will provide instruction and bring your loved one directly into their care. The medical staff will inform you if this is the case.

Keep in Mind: There are some facilities that do not call the funeral home on the family’s behalf so be sure of who will be contacting us. Also, many hospitals will work with organ and tissue donation groups and sometimes your loved one cannot be released to the funeral home until the family has been in touch with a representative. Be sure to communicate yours or the deceased’s desires for donation with the medical staff or organization as soon as possible so as not to delay the process of transferring care to the funeral home.