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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.
It’s the Summer Travel Season: Tips for Your Home Dialysis Patients
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There are ways to help patients live their best lives, including traveling.
Published on 07/17/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
The right of dialysis patients to a comfortable end
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Too often, patients never speak about these things, and as a result, have little say in how their last days unfold.
Published on 07/10/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Maddy Warren, the Queen of Dialysis Did a TED Talk
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See her 2015 TED Talk about the need for more home dialysis in the UK. 2015
Published on 07/03/2025 by Maddy Warren
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Why I gave up using buttonhole needles after 19 years
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Overall, the frequency of these problems with buttonholing kept increasing.
Published on 05/08/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
View from the Chair: Why Some People Don’t Choose Home Therapies
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A social media group asked its members the question, “If you do not want to do a home option, can you share your reasons?” I’ve categorized the answers and responded to them
Published on 04/03/2025 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,