Hospital Resources

Donation provides so many benefits to your patients and others in the community. We thank you and your hospital for your support in facilitating the donation process. Your role in connecting Legacy of Life with potential donor families at the time of death is a crucial part of a very important process. THANK YOU!

Suggested Procedures:

* At the time of death, please activate the donor hotline specific to your region or you may contact Legacy of Life at 1-800-397-3077. This number is answered 24 hours per day, every day of the year.

* When you call, please have the following information available:
   - Name of deceased
   - Age of deceased
   - Cause of death
   - Name of next of kin
   - A phone number where we can reach the next of kin

   * Given time is of the essence, please provide as accurate information as possible, particularly relating to a correct number where we can reach the next of kin in a timely manner.

   * We suggest you DO NOT try to discuss the option of donation with the family. We have found a telephone call from our Family Services Coordinator is more comfortable for the family and more effective at explaining the option of donation.

   * If it is convenient, we would ask you to hand out a copy of the LEGACY OF LIFE brochure to the family. You can also mention that Legacy of Life will be contacting the family. Again, we suggest leaving the donation "presentation" to the staff of Legacy of Life. We will provide you copies of this brochure, but you can download, by clicking here (5MB).

Compliance Assistance:

As you probably know, there is a legal requirement that you contact a donation organization after any death in your hospital. Click here to learn more.

We will do everything we can to assist you with compliance, but we also hope you work closely with us for a better reason: it is the right thing to do for many people. Remember, each donor can touch the lives of over 100 recipients, making donation one of the mos t meaningful contributions anyone can make.

Representatives of Legacy of Life will meet with your hospital to help you develop a comprehensive compliance program, as well as reporting and documentation process to prove your compliance should you ever be questioned on such things. View us as your consulting partner through this process.

We can also provide your hospital with compliance reports designed to meet the requirements of the Joint Commission.

In-Service Education

Legacy of Life provides training to your hospital staff through in-services. In addition to typical training and review of processes, we also take some time to recognize and thank you and your staff for your contribution to the donation process.

These in-services also serve to document your hospital's compliance with the donation regulations.

Bereavement Assistance to Families

In addition to contacting families regarding donation, our staff will assist families in coping with their loss. We provide a number of group meeting opportunities, a series of booklets mailed to assist the family with grieving, and multiple opportunities to honor donors and their families. We genuinely believe donation can be an important part of the healing process for families and we work with them to achieve this end.

Communications Tools

To assist with your communications, we have developed a number of tools to facilitate communications regarding donation. Many can be downloaded and printed directly from this website.

    * A Brochure for Donor Families. Contact Legacy of Life to obtain copies of this brochure. Click here to download a generic copy of this brochure if you wish to print some at your location. (5MB)

    * Legacy Poster - An 18 x 24 poster which can be displayed in areas where potential donor families may be exposed to it.

    * Hospital Training Guide - printed copies of our hospital training is provided to our our partner hospitals, however, you can download a copy of this training here. (coming soon)

    * The Legacy of Life website - please feel free to direct potential donor families to this website. There is an extensive "Family Resources" section of the website.

A Contract with Legacy of Life

If you are not already a hospital partner with Legacy of Life, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how this partnership benefits your organization. We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and your hospital.

Click here to see "10 Benefits You Hospital Gains Partnering with Legacy of Life."

Please contact us to set up a meeting to discuss how Legacy of Life can be your tissue donation partner.