UW Organ and Tissue Donation Donor Family Services
UW Organ and Tissue Donation is a nationally recognized leader in organ donation. Through your family’s gift of life, you are now a part of that excellence. We are humbled and deeply grateful for your loved one’s legacy. Through the gift of life, your loved one saved and touched the lives of transplant recipients and their families. With this gift comes a wide array of emotions. From sadness and grief to hope and peace, everyone’s experience is different. As you progress through this difficult time at your own pace, in your own way, it is important to remember that you are not alone. The staff at UW Organ and Tissue Donation will contact you several times throughout the next two years.
Donor/Family Services
The dedicated staff at UW Organ and Tissue Donation offer many services for organ donor families. They include:
- A donor services coordinator who is dedicated to serving the needs of donor families
- A formal follow-up program that supports donor families for 15 months following donation
- Grief support and resources that support individual donor family needs
Formal Follow-up Program
UW Organ and Tissue Donation has a formal donor family follow-up program that includes contacting each donor family five times during the 15 months following donation.
Donor Tributes
Donor families are encouraged to post a tribute and photo to their loved one on our online donor tribute page.
Grief Support and Additional Resources
UW Organ and Tissue Donation makes these materials and resources available to support donor families.
Resources
- Quick Reference Phone List (pdf)
- Frequently Asked Questions About Organ Donation
- Reaching Out to Recipients
- Recipient Stories
- What is brain death? (pdf)
- What is donation after cardiac death? (pdf)
- Books on Grief
- Resources for Grieving Adults
- Books for Grieving Children and Teens
- Resources for Parents Dealing with the Loss of a Child
- Resources for Children Dealing with Death or Loss
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