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.
We have a "lifestyle bible" for sale that can help you learn about dialysis options. Help, I Need Dialysis! We also have prepared some slideshows on how to have a good future with kidney disease.
PD and Home HD: Dialyzor-to-Dialyzor Tips for Newbies
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Recently, members of our Facebook group shared their own tips for succeeding with PD or home HD.
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Published on 04/12/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
The Fistula: A Feisty Lifeline to Longevity
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This article summarises an online discussion on "needle spacing and angle/direction of needle entry, and will be of interest to those of us committed to ladder cannulation."
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Published on 04/06/2017 by Ant de Villiers
The Devil is in the Details: A Tale of Dialysis Claim Errors
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I learned that the phone reps for insurance companies and health care providers can be dead wrong, and to document each phone call with the person’s name, date/time of call, and write down word for word what they said.
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Published on 03/23/2017 by Catherine Ridings, Ph.D.
Help for the Care Partner
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I have been an active care partner for over 4 years and not once has anyone asked what they can do to help me.
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Published on 03/16/2017 by Bill Emeny
Education Is Key to Income & Job Retention
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans with more education earn more and have a lower rate of unemployment than those who have less education.
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Published on 03/09/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW