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.
As Nancy Hewitt Spaeth’s Earthly Journey Ends, Her Inspiration Lives On
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On January 14, the world lost a passionate and fiesty advocate for people living their best lives after kidney failure.
Published on 01/20/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Permission to Thrive – Part 1: Introduction
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Learning to cope with your chronic illness may allow you to maintain and even improve your quality of life.
Published on 01/13/2022 by April McGraw, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Chronic Pain: Might People on Dialysis Benefit from Dr. Francomano's 5% Strategy?
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The global challenge to pain management has not changed since the 1970s when I worked for Dr. Berkowitz: we do not have an “objective” way to measure someone else’s pain.
Published on 01/06/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
In Case You Missed Them: 2021 Blogs by Dialyzors & Care Partners
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This year, 2/3 of our blogs were written by people who are living each day with dialysis.
Published on 12/23/2021 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Putting the Pieces Together: Our Evolving Teamwork
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In the next weeks, we went through Kubher-Ross’s five stages of grief in textbook fashion.
Published on 12/16/2021 by Philip Martin
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,