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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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Where is the Humanity in Our Suffering? Part 2
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As I think about the importance of Minority Mental Health Month, I would like to share my personal journey about battling mental health issues while living with a chronic disease.
Published on 03/31/2022 by Patrick O. Gee, Sr., Ph.D.
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Where is the Humanity in Our Suffering? Part 1
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It was created to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underserved, underrepresented groups face regarding mental health in the United States.
Published on 03/24/2022 by Patrick O. Gee, Sr., Ph.D.
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
In Case You Missed It—The 2021 USRDS Annual Report Has a New Chapter on Home Dialysis
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For the first time in 2021, the USRDS published a chapter devoted entirely to home dialysis, including patients on PD and home HD.
Published on 03/03/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Just 5 Days Left to Choose a Health or Medicare Part D Plan for 2022!
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If you have Medicare Part A and/or B but don't have a drug plan as good as Medicare Part D, Part D can help you pay for your meds. Your drug plan should let you know each year if it is as good as Part D
Published on 12/02/2021 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
COVID-19 Vaccination and Dialysis
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This virus maximally impacts those with pre-existing conditions and “sleepy” immune systems—like patients with diabetes, CKD, dialysis-dependence, transplants, and other immune-sapping conditions such as autoimmune disease and malignancy.
Published on 09/09/2021 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,