The funeral industry is not resistant to innovation. It is full of directors who are actively looking for better tools so they can get back to what they do best. Here is what Forever LT brought them, and why it costs nothing to find out.
There is a story that gets told about the funeral industry. That it is slow to change. That it holds onto old ways out of habit or resistance. That innovation has a hard time finding its footing here.
It is a story that does not match the funeral directors Forever LT has met.
When Talla Kuperman founded Forever LT and stepped into this industry as an outsider, she expected to spend a lot of time convincing people. What she found instead was a profession full of people who were actively looking for better ways to serve the families in their care, people who understood that the administrative side of their work was taking time away from the part that mattered most, sitting across from a grieving family and being fully present for them.
That is the problem Forever LT was built to solve. Not the emotional work. The operational one.
The Ink Pad Problem
Every time Forever LT meets a funeral home that is still using an ink pad to capture fingerprints, the feeling is the same: this is an opportunity to bring real, meaningful value to someone who deserves better tools.
The ink pad process is familiar to anyone who has used it. Press the finger. Hope the print transfers cleanly. Try again if it does not. Scan the result. Create a folder on a hard drive. Save the file. Hope the hard drive does not crash. Call or email the jewelry company when a family member wants a keepsake years later and hope the file is still there and still legible.
Every step in that process takes time. Every step introduces the possibility of error. And every hard drive that has ever failed has taken irreplaceable biometric data with it.
Forever LT replaces that entire process with something faster, cleaner, and more secure than anything the funeral industry has traditionally had access to.
The Technology Behind the Keepsake
The fingerprint scanner Forever LT provides to its funeral home partners uses the same technology the FBI uses for identification. It was originally recommended by a company that supplies scanning technology to federal prisons, where the requirement is to capture clear, accurate fingerprints quickly from individuals who are actively resisting the process.
If that technology works in a federal prison, it works flawlessly on decedents.
The scanner captures a clear, high-resolution fingerprint in seconds. No ink. No repeated attempts. No scanning and saving and folder creation. The print goes directly into a secure, cloud-based database that belongs to the funeral home, accessible from anywhere in the world, at any time, forever.
Every decedent a funeral home serves through Forever LT has their fingerprint kept on permanent record in that funeral home's own account. When a family member calls three years later, or ten years later, asking if there is a fingerprint on file, the answer is yes, and the funeral director can access it in seconds without making a single phone call.
No Risk. No Upfront Investment. No Reason Not to Try.
Forever LT does not ask funeral homes to invest in the technology before they know it works for them. The starter kit, which includes the scanner, the tablet, the database access, and a display of Forever LT keepsakes for families to see in the arrangement room, is provided at no upfront cost.
There is no risk. There is no commitment. There is only the opportunity to offer families something more meaningful than anything the industry has traditionally provided, while simultaneously eliminating one of the most time-consuming and error-prone parts of the intake process.
For funeral homes that have already invested in scanning technology through another fingerprint keepsake company, Forever LT offers something different: a second option on display. Because families deserve to see more than one choice. And the choice they see when they look at a Forever LT piece, elegant, timeless, worthy of the life story and the legend of the person they lost, is a choice that stands apart from anything else in the market.
What This Means for Your Family Conversations
When a funeral director is not spending time managing ink pads and scanning equipment and hard drive folders, they have more of themselves to give to the families sitting across from them. That is the whole point. The operational efficiency Forever LT provides is not a business benefit. It is a gift of time and presence back to the people who do the most human work in the world.
The families you serve deserve a director who is fully present. And you deserve tools that make that possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
What fingerprint technology does Forever LT provide to funeral home partners?
Forever LT provides a state of the art fingerprint scanner that uses the same technology deployed by the FBI and recommended by a company that supplies fingerprint capture systems to federal prisons. It captures clear, high resolution prints quickly and accurately, with no ink, no repeated attempts, and no manual scanning or file management required.
How are fingerprints stored and accessed?
Each Forever LT funeral home partner has their own secure, cloud-based account where every decedent's fingerprint is stored permanently. The account is accessible from anywhere in the world at any time. When a family member requests a keepsake months or years after the service, the funeral home can access the fingerprint instantly without contacting Forever LT.
Is there an upfront cost to get started with Forever LT?
No. Forever LT provides the complete starter kit, including the scanner, tablet, database access, and a display of keepsakes for the arrangement room, at no upfront cost to the funeral home. There is no financial risk and no long-term commitment required to get started.
What if a funeral home already uses fingerprint scanning technology from another company?
Forever LT is happy to be a second option alongside any existing technology. Families benefit from having more than one keepsake option to consider, and the Forever LT display gives them access to a level of elegance and personalization that stands apart from what has historically been available in the industry. More options for families is always the right answer.
How does Forever LT handle the fingerprints of decedents whose families do not initially request a keepsake?
Every fingerprint captured through the Forever LT system is stored permanently in the funeral home's account, whether or not a keepsake is ordered at the time of the service. This means that years later, when a grandchild reaches adulthood and wants to honor their grandparent's legacy, or when a spouse is finally ready to create something to carry their loved one close, the fingerprint is there waiting. The funeral home becomes the keeper of something irreplaceable, without any additional effort on their part.
To learn more about the Forever LT starter kit and how to get set up at no cost to your funeral home, contact us at info@foreverlt.com, call us directly at 512-269-1858, or visit foreverlt.com.
