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.
Laugh Out Loud Hemodialysis (LOL-HD): Improving the Dialysis Experience at Satellite Healthcare
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Maybe we want to turn the question around and ask ourselves “Why not laugh?”
Published on 04/18/2019 by Paul Bennett
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Dialysis 101 for Home Hemodialysis (HD)
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To thrive at home, you need to understand some basic dialysis principles. This article seeks to address some of these.
Published on 04/11/2019 by Dr. John Agar
Quanta SC+ HD Machine on the Horizon - a 2019 Update
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During last month’s Annual Dialysis Conference in Dallas, I was fortunate enough to meet with the Quanta team-including CEO John Milad
Published on 04/04/2019 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Patient Comfort: Dialysis vs. Cancer Treatment
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A recent topic in the Home Dialysis Central Facebook discussion group compared the very different atmosphere of cancer treatment vs. dialysis.
Published on 03/21/2019 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
2019 - Health Insurance 101: Options for People with ESRD
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Kidney disease is costly, but for US citizens and those in the US legally, there are multiple payment options.
Published on 03/14/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Part 2: Facing Your Biggest Life Challenges - 8 Steps to Recovery
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A focus on the present will aid you in your recovery and enrich your life in ways you haven’t felt before.
Published on 03/07/2019 by Jeff Parke
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Part 1: Facing Your Biggest Life Challenges - 8 Steps to Recovery
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In this 2-part guide, I will offer eight steps to get you going down your personal path of recovery.
Published on 02/28/2019 by Jeff Parke
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Home Dialysis “Support Services”: Is It an Inspection or a Visit?
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I was asked to write a blog about home inspections. This was not a term I’d ever heard before,
Published on 02/21/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Valentine’s Day View from the Chair: Finding Love on Dialysis
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“Personal question,” challenged a FB group member. “How many of you met your significant other while on dialysis already?
Published on 02/14/2019 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Conservative Management in End-stage Renal Disease: A Tale of Two Countries
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A recent study showed that healthcare providers have limited understanding of what patients want from a conservative kidney management (CKM) program
Published on 02/07/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education Issues for patients and professonals,