For some people an important part of grieving and healing is participating hands-on with the final arrangements for a loved. One way of doing this is through a home funeral. In a home funeral, family or friends bathe and prepare the body in the home. The body is arranged in a burial container. The body lies in honor in the home until burial or cremation. Ice and a cool room temperature keep the body from beginning the decaying process. Family and friends spend as much time as they like paying final respects in the presence of the body. Family and friends may hold personal and creative home funeral rituals. After a day or two, the family delivers the body for cremation or burial.