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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HHD & Rock & Roll!
(3 comments)
As an extremely engaged spouse and now official Care Partner, I have spent the better part of the past 13 years advocating for my husband’s health.

Published on 05/17/2018 by Corlyn Altier
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Why to NOT Ask “Have You Thought About Home Dialysis?”
(8 comments)
The problem with this approach—however well-meaning—is that it puts the modality first, as if the home treatment is a goal.

Published on 05/10/2018 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,
Views from the Chair: Home HD With No Partner
(5 comments)
I thought it would help to inject some information from the real experts: self-dialyzors. Many are quoted below so you can see their views on the independence, self-esteem, and freedom this option provides.

Published on 07/06/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Bon Voyage!
(5 comments)
Never in my wildest dreams could I have predicted how dialysis would change my life, and for the better.

Published on 06/15/2017 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Views from the Chair (or Bed): Is Home Dialysis REALLY Better?
(4 comments)
Recently, the question, “Is home dialysis REALLY better than in-center treatment?” was asked on a social media site. The answers warmed my heart!

Published on 05/25/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,