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.
Medicare Advantage: Is The Name Accurate—or Misleading?
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It’s important to take time and research the options. However, people on dialysis may not have the time or the energy to read the fine print.
Published on 06/20/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
The Human Cost of Failing to Match Dialysis Modalities to Patient Values
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In 1997, I joined the Dialysis Support email Listserv (remember Listservs?) run by Dale Ester, which put me in daily contact with hundreds of dialysis patients and family members. One 2006 post to this group that I never forgot was thi
Published on 06/13/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Improving Access to Home Dialysis: My Testimony
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All patients deserve to know all options for dialysis and that some may offer better opportunities for improved quality of life and lower mortally risk.
Published on 06/06/2024 by Erich Ditschman
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Lessons from Across the Top 9 KidneyViews Blog Posts
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Of the three principles messages that run through many of these blogs—time, frequency, and rate (or speed) of volume change
Published on 05/30/2024 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
The Game-Changing Conversation That Transformed My Dialysis Experience: And How It Could Change Yours, Too
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Discover how one person’s diet changes helped them feel better during and after dialysis
Published on 05/16/2024 by Susan Emeny
Tags: How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
H.R. 8075: Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act – Statement of Bell Maddux, Home Dialysis Patient
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But the benefits are such that I think every person on dialysis should be empowered with the choice and armed with support and sufficient information to make the right choice for themselves.
Published on 05/09/2024 by Bell Maddux
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Why Does the U.S. Still Use Steel Needles for Hemodialysis?
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You see, Japan had a secret they still have not published about to this day:
Published on 05/02/2024 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,
ESRD Network Resources on Home Dialysis topics
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I was curious to learn what resources Networks share with patients, dialysis clinics, and their staff about home dialysis.
Published on 04/25/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Does Dialysis HAVE to Severely Limit Lifestyle?
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For people with kidney failure, matching a treatment option to the lives they want to live is critical for quality of life and even survival.
Published on 04/18/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Silver Lining now available in the US and UK!
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After a lot of waiting, finally, "Silver Lining" is now available to order from Amazon in the US and the UK.
Published on 04/11/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,