Deceased clients can do all sorts of things that they shouldn't, like:

• be booked in, or remain booked in, to shelter

• have open case files

• have open housing placements or housing loss prevention records

• have open subsidies

• really, have open anythings

My suggestion is when you make a client Deceased, have a little procedure that occurs, with a popup for the user that says "the following records will be closed:" and then list everything that's open for the client and close them all. When there is a reason required, like reason for discharge, then the reason should automatically be deceased. Then have an "okay to proceed" button.