On Donate Life Registry, Over 500,000 Californians Sign Up To Donate Organs
In California, over the last six months, more than half a million people have signed up to be organ donors on the Donate Life California Registry. The increase of potential donors is a result of a statewide push toward donation efforts. Since July, Californians are now able to automatically register to donate their organs by checking a box on a form when applying for or renewing their driver’s license at the DMV. There are now at least 865,000 participants listed in the registry.
Approximately 20% of the nearly 95,000 people in the U.S. awaiting organ transplants live in the state of California.
There are also other ways to donate one’s organs. A person can make their request in their living will. You may also appoint someone with the Powers of Attorney for health care to authorize this decision for you should the time come and you are rendered incapacitated and unable to so yourself.
Living Wills
This is a document that explains exactly the type of care you want or don’t want in the event you become incapacitated. In California, this is known as a Living Will or an Advanced Health Care Directive.
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