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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Staff Orientation to Psychosocial Needs of People with Kidney Failure
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Providing an orientation in every clinic could help staff know when to refer and help patients know who to ask for help when they need it.
Published on 05/23/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Bringing Healing into Focus: The Renal Community Photo Initiative
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I wanted to better understand why certain patients who require hemodialysis treatment can lead positive, productive lives while others may feel defined and beaten by kidney disease
Published on 05/16/2019 by Chris McIntyre MBBS DM FRCP FRCPC
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Incremental Dialysis: Toward a Nuanced Approach
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Much has been written, though agreement remains elusive, about when to start dialysis
Published on 05/09/2019 by Dr. John Agar
Social Security Policies Related to Medicare: A Primer
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People with kidney disease and kidney failure may have access to Medicare and disability benefits that require knowledge of certain Social Security policies.
Published on 05/02/2019 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Going Home – Staying Home: What You Need To Know About Your Treatment Options
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Home Dialyzors United (HDU) is launching a series of educational meet-ups designed for CKD patients, dialyzors, and renal professionals—presented and developed by dialyzors
Published on 04/25/2019 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better,
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