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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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ASN Kidney Week 2025 Through a Home Dialysis Lens
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If you missed ASN in San Diego this year, or had other sessions and exhibitors to visit and couldn’t focus your attention on home therapies, this blog’s for you.
Published on 11/14/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Daily Nocturnal Home HDF - 2 Year Update
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Two years hence, it seems I did the right thing. It was, by no means, an easy journey.
Published on 11/07/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Haemodialysis UF Volume and UF Rate are NOT the Same
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While the UF volume has been with us for as long as there has been dialysis, recent interest in the UF rate appears to have introduced some uncertainties about exactly what the difference is.
Published on 10/31/2024 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests,
My Trek into the World of Home dialysis
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Home dialysis vastly improved my life and my health and all it took was just someone telling me that it was an option.
Published on 10/24/2024 by AJ Gorklo
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Comparing Part D Drug Plans for 2025 Is More Important Than Ever
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Each year the U.S. government reminds people with Medicare to review and compare their drug coverage in Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Part D plans
Published on 10/17/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Back to the Unit - A {Very} Temporary Change
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I average over 30 hours of dialysis each week and often get more than 36 hours; three times the 12 hours typically given in centre here in the UK.
Published on 10/10/2024 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests,
The Nurse Angle: Train Dialyzors, Not Care Partners!
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Issues involving deteriorating relationship dynamics between patients and their care partners is one of the most frequent topics of conversation
Published on 10/03/2024 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Train Dialyzors, Not Care Partners!
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This time the problem is not in-center vs. home, it is the issue of care partners that makes me pipe up.
Published on 09/26/2024 by Henning Sondergaard
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Less Hemodialysis is NOT More
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When it comes to replacing continuous function of a vital organ with an intermittent therapy, less is less and more is more.
Published on 09/19/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
What Medicare Covers for Home Dialysis
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Medicare is a complex program, and it is easy to become confused about or misunderstand it. I can’t count the number of times patients and staff have shared incorrect information about Medicare coverage for home dialysis.
Published on 09/12/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,