After Care Program for Donor Families
Family Services
This program is to sensitively and compassionately support families of organ and tissue donors, during and after the donation process.
Some of the services provided for donor families
- Emotional support during and after the donation process.
- Follow-up with donor families so that they know the results of their “gift of life”.
- Facilitate the exchange of letters and meetings between them.
- Annual donor remembrance activities.
- Workshops and special activities for grief management.
- Volunteer Groups (Public Affairs Department).
- Supportive literature for grief management.
Here you can find support resources for you and your family. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact our Puerto Rico Lifelink offices at (800) 558-0977.
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Resources to support donor families
Donor Family Resource Guide
Bereavement and donation resources for donor families.
First Person Authorization: Donor Designation
Honoring your loved one’s decision.
Donor Family Resource Guide – Children
Resources for supporting children through grief.
GriefShare
Offers local support groups in area churches for those grieving the loss of a loved one.
Crisis, Grief and Healing
Grief resources by Tom Golden, a psychotherapist who focuses on men and the grief process.
Friends For Survival, Inc.
Grief resources for survivors of suicide loss.
The Compassionate Friends
For families who have lost children.
The Miss Foundation
Grief resources for families who have lost children.
Heal Grief
Grief resources for families who have lost a baby.
Understanding the Experience of Grief
Article from Buddhist perspective on loss of a loved one.
National Center For Grieving Children and Families
Grief resources for children coping with the loss of a loved one.
Valerie’s House
Grief resources for families with children coping after the loss of a loved one.
