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Who pays for the cost of kidney donation? Medicare, or the kidney recipient's private insurance, will cover the direct costs of kidney donation such as medical testing, surgery and some medicines for the kidney recipient.

No: There is no age limit for donation or to sign up. In 2021, one out of every three people who donated organs was over the age of 50. You're never too old to make a difference — as of 2021, the oldest organ donor in the United States was 92.

After your body has been donated, any unused tissue and remains will be cremated and returned to your family. This usually happens within four to six weeks after donation. Your family will also receive detailed information about how your body was used and specific ways it helped advance medical science.

Body donors must be free of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDs, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Donor's body weight must be less than 250 lbs. If there has been a violent death, suicide or vital organs have been removed for transplant purposes, the body will be not be accepted.

Using donor data research tools Contact information (such as address, phone number, or email) Demographic information (such as age, gender, and political affiliation) Past giving behavior. Employment information (such as current employer and salary information)

The consent process for any potential living donor should include, but is not limited to: The assurance that the potential donor is willing to donate, free from inducement and coercion, and understands that he or she may decline to donate at any time.

Organs that can be transplanted are the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas and intestines. The skin, bone tissue (including tendons and cartilage), eye tissue, heart valves and blood vessels are transplantable forms of tissue.

If the donor still meets the program's requirements, the body is discreetly transported to a facility. From there, it's not embalmed like it would be at a funeral home.

Body donors must be free of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDs, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Donor's body weight must be less than 250 lbs. If there has been a violent death, suicide or vital organs have been removed for transplant purposes, the body will be not be accepted.