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.
View from the Chair: A Pictorial Guide to Managing Supplies and Setting Up a Room for Home HD
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Last month, we learned what folks have done to manage PD supplies. This month, we tackle home HD, in three sections: Supply Delivery, Room Organization, and Supply Storage.
Published on 10/06/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
My Kidney Life Plan: MEI’s NEW Person-Centered, Values-based Decision Aid
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In our own research, it helped to ease one of the most difficult “bad news” conversation most nephrologists dread, while at the same time increasing the likelihood that people who needed to make a treatment choice would opt for a home therapy.
Published on 08/25/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Thoughts on Completing 25 Years on Dialysis
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Two things contributed the most to my long journey on dialysis - Daily Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis (DNHHD) and having a full time job.
Published on 08/11/2022 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Yay! Its Summer! …Oh, and I Have to Do Dialysis
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Is a normal life over when you are a dialysis patient? NO! That is one of the benefits of at home dialysis, the flexibility to schedule and adjust as needed.
Published on 08/04/2022 by Michael Howington
Tags: How dialysis works, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
View from the Chair: Dialyzors' Experiences of Options Education
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Has your nephrologist or anyone at your clinic adequately educated you on all your options, home dialysis, nocturnal, in center or transplant?
Published on 06/23/2022 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,