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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PD and Home HD: Dialyzor-to-Dialyzor Tips for Newbies
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Recently, members of our Facebook group shared their own tips for succeeding with PD or home HD.
Published on 04/12/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
The Fistula: A Feisty Lifeline to Longevity
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This article summarises an online discussion on "needle spacing and angle/direction of needle entry, and will be of interest to those of us committed to ladder cannulation."
Published on 04/06/2017 by Ant de Villiers
Cruising with Home Dialysis—Tips from a Platinum Cruiser
(24 comments)
While it takes a little extra pre-planning, the whole goal of doing home dialysis is to be able to continue a normal life.
Published on 03/30/2017 by Jennifer Pritchett
Tags: Making dialysis better,
The Devil is in the Details: A Tale of Dialysis Claim Errors
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I learned that the phone reps for insurance companies and health care providers can be dead wrong, and to document each phone call with the person’s name, date/time of call, and write down word for word what they said.
Published on 03/23/2017 by Catherine Ridings, Ph.D.
Help for the Care Partner
(11 comments)
I have been an active care partner for over 4 years and not once has anyone asked what they can do to help me.
Published on 03/16/2017 by Bill Emeny
Education Is Key to Income & Job Retention
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans with more education earn more and have a lower rate of unemployment than those who have less education.
Published on 03/09/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
During National Kidney Month: A Plea for Data
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These are just SOME of the data points we need, and there are certainly more. Please suggest them in the comments! We cannot get what we don’t ask for.
Published on 03/02/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Protections in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
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If you think that any part of the ACA (sometimes called “Obamacare”) has helped you or anyone you know, contact the President and your members of Congress.
Published on 02/23/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Kidney Disease is Not For the Faint of Heart
(9 comments)
We really don't know what others are going through. Please don't judge.
Published on 02/16/2017 by Patrice Perry Fields
How Does My Diet Affect My Treatment?
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The ability and the inclination to track my nutrition gave me my life back.
Published on 02/09/2017 by Susan Emeny
Tags: Making dialysis better,