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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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Incremental Dialysis
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Incremental dialysis (iHD) is a term that is beginning to appear more frequently in the haemodialysis literature and, while I am not a particular fan of the practice, it has been the subject of some recent papers
Published on 09/14/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
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With all of these advantages, why don’t more patients do PD? If not lack of education, could beliefs about who cannot do PD that have been passed down over time from healthcare professional to healthcare professional be the issue?
Published on 09/07/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
View from the Chair: When Home HD Must Stop
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Dr. John Agar raised the issue concerning advocacy, policy, and responsibility of clinics regarding home HD patients who are judged no longer competent to manage their own dialysis and
Published on 08/31/2017 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me , Choosing the right path through ‘The System’ , Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Heading Off the Dreaded Cramp!
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Cramp in patients with late stage chronic kidney disease (ckd5)—and on dialysis (ckd5d) when it is hard to get up and move around—is one of the worst symptoms of ckd5 and ckd5d.
Published on 08/24/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Options for Dealing with Failing Home Patients
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So…are there modality and/or service changes that might help to resolve this difficult issue or, at the least, may smooth the path back to facility care, if it becomes clear that home care is no longer feasible.
Published on 08/17/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me , Choosing the right path through ‘The System’ , Education issues: for patients and professionals,
When Enough Becomes Enough for Home Dialysis
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how does a caring home team, supportive to the core with their home patients, tell a home patient that enough is enough at home ...
Published on 08/10/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me , Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
On My Own…and Loving It
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I’m into week 2 of my first vacation since starting dialysis, and I am happy to report that I am totally relaxed, at peace, and enjoying life
Published on 08/03/2017 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
Kidney Failure and the Value of Acceptance
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If I could offer one piece of advice to anyone facing my reality, it’s that acceptance with hope allows you to be free.
Published on 07/27/2017 by Tami Ramsey, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Self-Cannulation: A Patient Right and CMS Expectation for Interested and Trained Patients
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I hope this blog dispels any concerns that a dialysis clinic might have about a patient’s right to be trained and perform self-cannulation and to provide evidence that CMS does not limit
Published on 07/20/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Infection in Home Haemodialysis – it Can Be Sneaky!
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Infection is the number one enemy of the home dialysis patient! Not obvious infection, like pneumonia, for most can identify chest infections more severe than a common cold, and seek help. No, the infection that can sneak under the guard of home
Published on 07/13/2017 by Dr. John Agar