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.
Dialysis Social Work During a Pandemic: Caring for Patients Safely
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How much do you know about your social worker's education, training, and mandated responsibilities? This blog is intended help dialysis clinic staff and managers know how your social worker.
Published on 05/21/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better,
View from the Bed: How to Cope with PD Cycler Pain
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A few months ago, I wrote a post about improving PD retention. Having seen many Facebook threads over the years across various groups, this time, I thought
Published on 04/30/2020 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Does Fluid Intake During Dialysis “Count” as Fluid Weight Gain?
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Do you include rinse-back and an on-dialysis drink in working out the amount of fluid to take off? Let's say I gained 1 litre and thus have 1 litre to remove to reach target weight.
Published on 04/16/2020 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Traveling the U.S. with an RV and Home Hemodialysis
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My name is Terry Clark, and I have Polycystic kidney disease. When my kidneys first failed, I started peritoneal dialysis at home, and during this time my husband and I purchased a motorhome—a used Newmar Dutchstar.
Published on 04/09/2020 by Terry Clark
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
Does Anyone Else Feel Like Giving Up on Dialysis?
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Along with daily discussion of technical, medical and logistic issues, the Home Dialysis Central Facebook Discussion Group occasionally posts on the feelings/emotional impact of dialysis.
Published on 04/02/2020 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, How dialysis works, Making dialysis better,