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.
ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model: Year Two Update
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Many patients on dialysis say they were not educated about treatment options.
Published on 08/01/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Why Disability Pride?
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In our society, disability is framed as a purely negative experience.
Published on 07/25/2024 by Ruochu Hu
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
View from the Chair: Learning to Self-cannulate – Tips from Fellow Dialyzors
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We hope some of these tips will help you or your patients succeed at self-cannulation!
Published on 07/18/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Thriving Against the Odds: My Journey with Home Hemodialysis
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My life has been shaped by a journey through end-stage renal disease (ESRD) since 2000.
Published on 07/11/2024 by Brandie Jackson
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
I dialysed on the NxStage portable dialysis machine!
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Testing
Published on 07/03/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,