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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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Involuntary Dialysis Clinic Discharges: Can More Be Avoided?
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I recently read a post from a PD patient on the Home Dialysis Central Forum who was involuntarily discharged (IVD) from his clinic and couldn't find another one willing to accept him.
Published on 04/14/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
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,
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,
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,
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’,
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,
Permission to Thrive Chapter 1: Understand Your Diagnosis
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The more I learned about how my illnesses affected me, the better equipped I was to handle it and cope effectively
Published on 02/17/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis in the Times of COVID!
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Living with dialysis in the times of COVID is difficult, to say the least. The challenges of daily living have been altered to incorporate new safety measures
Published on 02/10/2022 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,