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.
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Building a Community in the Home Setting
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Over the last 10 years working with dialysis patients, I have seen the benefits of home dialysis, and I encourage more people to choose home.
Published on 04/07/2022 by Robbi Waller MSW, LCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Permission to Thrive Chapter 2: Build Your Support Tribe
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Losing a second kidney transplant was a very low point in my life, but this is where I sought help from my support tribe. I realized that this was too big for me to handle alone.
Published on 03/17/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Three Ways to Empower Patients to Try Home Dialysis
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Michael Kraus, MD, FACP, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Kidney Care, outlines three ways to empower home dialysis patients.
Published on 03/10/2022 by Dr. Michael Kraus
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Home Hemodialysis: It Gets Easier!
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Even though I’d been an RN for 45 years, I’d never heard of home dialysis.
Published on 02/24/2022 by Philip Martin
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
The Dialysis World has Come Full Circle
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I observed that the common denominator of patients who did the best were those who dialyzed at home, whether with PD or home HD. The home HD patients tended to look better, have better outcomes, and simply be living their lives to the fullest.
Published on 01/27/2022 by Jane Hafner, RN, BSN
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,