KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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Nocturnal dialysis: Maddy Warren's patient experience
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Maddy’s advice to anyone considering home dialysis would be to speak to a member of their renal team about the options available to them.
Published on 12/12/2019 by Maddy Warren
Tags: Making dialysis better,
"Thanks for the Giving"
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Does this make you think a little differently about “Thanks for the Giving”? I hope so. May we all be reminded of those who give in our behalf each day, week, month, year. May this remind us that in our own heroic efforts, we are never alone.
Published on 11/29/2019 by Amy Staples
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Home Dialysis & The Nephrology Social Worker
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I wanted to find out what had an had not changed since my time in direct practice, so I reached out to social workers on the National Kidney Foundation’s social worker listserv
Published on 11/21/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Dialysis: “Prescription”—or “Pact”?
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What I do hope is that this short blog may lead us to think just a little more about the words we use, and whether we always choose
Published on 11/14/2019 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Making dialysis better,
PD Vs Home Hemo - Initial Impressions
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There are some differences between the working of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HD). This vlog shares some of my initial impressions
Published on 11/07/2019 by Kyle Chang
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Fact Sheet on Health Plans & Tips to Save Money on Dialysis Health Care
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If you have kidney disease, you may worry about how you will pay for dialysis.
Published on 10/31/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
STREAM-HD - A Better Name for Transitional Care Dialysis Units?
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Starting dialysis should be about flexibility, gentleness, understanding, and mutual respect. The first few starting weeks of dialysis should be
Published on 10/24/2019 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
View from the Chair: Dialysis and Invisible Disabilities
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The next time you see someone who does not need a wheelchair or crutches park in a handicapped spot, please consider that they may have a disability you can’t see.
Published on 10/16/2019 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Facing and Overcoming Needle Fear to Dialyze at Home
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I was so scared of the needling thing that I kept on with PD hoping & saying next month things would be better.
Published on 10/10/2019 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Traditional Dialysis vs. Transitional Care for Urgent Starts
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You know nothing about kidney failure or treatment options and there’s no time to prepare or teach you.
Published on 10/03/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,