Today is “Quitters Day”

Did you know that the second Friday in January is “Quitter’s Day” when many give up on their New Year’s resolutions? Instead, think of January as a clean slate for a new year and a month to RESET goals and priorities. Do you want to help more people learn about and use home dialysis? Ask patients to complete My Kidney Life Plan to help them see if the treatment they do now is the best fit for what they want out of life. If you do this, let us know what you learn at info@mei.org.

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• View from the Chair: Holiday Gifts from Dialysis Clinics—and an Idea for 2026
  01/15 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• And now high Aluminium
  01/08 – Kamal Shah
• Paper or Plastic? The Home Dialysis Decision that Matters Most
  12/18 – Anonymous
• How I weaned myself off Benzos for sleep
  12/11 – Kamal Shah

Pipeline Technology

• Meet the Dutch Neokidney: a New Suitcase Hemodialysis Machine
• Nephrodite Wins FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for “Holly”
• Drs. Monica Farcus and Jeffrey Perl Win the Mitchell Award for Health System Innovation

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Watch Joe’s PD Journey
• Canadian patient Chantelle Found Freedom with PD
• Elbert and Easter Met Doing In-center HD and Switched to Home

Industry Updates

• The Forum of ESRD Networks has New Videos for its 2023 Home Dialysis Toolkit
• The Annual Dialysis Conference Will be in Kansas City, MO February 26 to March 1
• Education Critical to Boosting Home Dialysis, Panel Says I

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• The Alliance for Home Dialysis Works to Identify and Address Barriers

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Prevalence of Anxiety in PD
• The Impact of Obesity on Outcomes of Percutaneous PD Catheter Placement
• COVID Risk for In-center vs. Home Dialysis Patients
• RCT: Rhythmic Breathing + Acupressure vs. Vapocoolant Spray for HD Needle Pain
• HD Adequacy Based on Middle Molecules

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