Home Dialysis for Independence!

Home dialysis is the ultimate way to help people with kidney failure regain their independence. Choosing PD or home HD can allow a more normal diet. On home dialysis, patients can schedule treatments around necessary activities like work and fun activities like travel. Happy 62^nd anniversary of the first home HD treatments in Seattle, Boston, and London in 1964. Check out The Birth of Home Dialysis. https://historyofnephrology.org/1960s/the-birth-of-home-dialysis/

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!

• Update on H.R. 8875: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026
  07/09 – Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW
• First, They Flew a Sausage
  07/02 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• View from the Chair: In-center vs. Home HD
  06/25 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• ESRD Network Reorganization and Home Dialysis: Changes & Challenges
  06/18 – Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW

Industry Updates

• Who Qualifies for Home Dialysis?
• Stickman Industries Offers Many Products for Home Dialysis Patients
• NxStage’s ICan Tool Can Help HD Patients Learn to Self-cannulate
• Update on H.R. 8875 “Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026.”

Pipeline Technology

• Byonyks on the Move: X-2 and X-3 APD Devices in Development

Home Dialysis in the News

• See interviews with 17 Influential Nephrology and Dialysis Pioneers
• Home HD Now Offered in Croatia
• NKF Survey Sheds Light on Work Responsibilities and More

Living Well with Home Treatments

• It’s the 40th Anniversary of Camp ChiMer in Kansas City
• Daniel Thompson Switched from In-center HD to Nocturnal Home HD
• Ashlee and Efren Describe how APD Helped Them Get Their Lives Back
• Marvin is on PD through USA Dialysis in Missoula, MT

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Green Dialysis: Sustainable PD
• AI Can’t Count the Number of Words in a Phrase. Can it Help PD?
• Crossover Study from Conventional PD Dialysate to Icodextrin

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