StoneMor Inc. Announces Partnership With Empathy to Expand Support Offered to Families Dealing With Loss
11 Agosto 2021 - 10:00AM
StoneMor Inc. (NYSE: STON), a leading owner and
operator of cemeteries and funeral homes in the United States,
today announced a partnership with Empathy, a service platform that
helps families navigate the journey they face after losing a loved
one. StoneMor will now offer Empathy’s application to its
customers, extending its commitment to supporting families in their
time of need by including practical guidance, automated tools, and
grief support.
Planning a funeral is often just the first of countless
logistical tasks that millions of Americans face every year after
losing a loved one. In the weeks and months following the funeral,
families spend, on average, over 500 hours dealing with immediate
needs such as validating a will, as well as on long-term processes
such as account cancellations, estate administration, benefit
claims, and property cleanout. These logistical challenges can
leave families overwhelmed and overburdened, making the grieving
process even more difficult.
StoneMor provides families with the best care for planning and
managing end-of-life services through a broad scope of products and
services across a national portfolio of cemeteries and funeral
homes; now, by partnering with Empathy, StoneMor is extending that
care to assist in the management of the many logistical burdens
that families face following the funeral service. Empathy’s app
walks families through the immediate and long-term tasks associated
with the loss of a loved one, employing sophisticated software to
personalize guidance, simplify complex procedures, automate
processes, and ease unnecessary friction for families at their most
vulnerable time. Empathy also offers human support via live chat in
order to provide users both emotional and practical assistance,
creating a hybrid experience to help families navigate arrangements
and grief.
“Our goal at StoneMor is to constantly seek out new ways to
enhance the services we provide to families in need. This is an
opportunity to leverage a new technology platform that will extend
our support and expand our services long after a family’s initial
loss,” said Joe Redling, StoneMor’s CEO.
“Laying your loved ones to rest will always feel daunting,
lonely, and overwhelming—it is absolutely the worst time to be
burdened with navigating a crippling bureaucracy,” said Ron Gura,
Co-Founder & CEO of Empathy. “Technology has the potential to
help ease the burden of logistics following loss, and we are proud
to partner with StoneMor, one of the largest companies in the space
supporting thousands of families across the US. StoneMor is an
established and trusted player in the industry, and they understand
and embrace the potential of technology to enhance the overall
services they provide to families in need. We are excited to
have StoneMor join us in leading this effort to drive positive
change in end-of-life care.”
About StoneMor Inc.
StoneMor Inc., headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania, is an
owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes in the United
States, with 301 cemeteries and 70 funeral homes in 24 states and
Puerto Rico.
StoneMor’s cemetery products and services, which are sold on
both a pre-need (before death) and at-need (at death) basis,
include: burial lots, lawn and mausoleum crypts, burial vaults,
caskets, memorials, and all services which provide for the
installation of this merchandise. For additional information about
StoneMor Inc., please visit StoneMor’s website, and the investors
section, at http://www.stonemor.com.
About Empathy
Empathy’s mission is to help families deal with loss,
incorporating both emotional and logistical support for the
families in their time of need. Powered by technology and driven by
purpose, Empathy’s application simplifies and streamlines
end-of-life bureaucracy with personalized plans and grief support.
Launched in 2021 and headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv,
Empathy was founded by Ron Gura and Yonatan Bergman and is backed
by VC firms General Catalyst and Aleph. To receive more information
about Empathy’s app, visit us at Empathy.com.
STONEMOR CONTACTInvestor RelationsStoneMor
Inc.(215) 826-4438
EMPATHY CONTACTGarrett
Krivicichpress@empathy.com(786) 233-7684
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