Resources

Become a hospital partner, or join others in your hospital community by registering to become an organ/tissue donor today.

Organ Procurement Organizations

1. Increase the number of registered donors; and
2. Coordinate the donation process when donors become available.

• Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (Northern and Central Illinois)
• Mid-America Transplant Services (Southern Illinois)

Register to Become an Organ/Tissue Donor

• Illinois Donor Registry: First-Person Consent Form (Confidential Computerized Database)
• Donate Life Illinois: Education and Registration Resources
• National Donor Registry: Donate Life America Registration and Donation Campaign Resources

Advance Care Planning Resources

• Illinois Department on Aging Advance Directives
  • Health Care Power of Attorney Form: Documents the person you select to voice your healthcare decisions if you cannot speak for yourself.
  • Living Will Form: Documents what type of medical treatments you would/would not want at the end of life.
• National Healthcare Decisions Day: Nationwide Annual Initiative for Advance Care Planning
  • Educational Resources for Advance Directives

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Organ Donation Resources

• Workplace Resources: National Initiative for Donation Campaigns and Donor Registration