Thriving From the Start: Your First 90 Days of Home Dialysis

For chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients getting ready to go home or deciding if home hemodialysis is the right treatment option for them and their lifestyle, there may be questions about what to expect at first.

Date: July 10, 2023

Live Your Best Life with Home Dialysis

You can still enjoy the things that matter most! Live your best life with home dialysis. Discover how home dialysis can make everyday joy possible. Sponsored by Fresenius Kidney Care.

Date: May 10, 2023

How to Work Well with Your Dialysis Team

Learn tips on how to work with your care team. This will help avoid conflicts so you can receive the best care. Investigative journalist, Carrie Arnold, patient advocates, and community members talk about how to prevent involuntary discharge.

Date: March 9, 2023

Reframing Difficult Patient Behaviors

Rethink your approach to challenging situations with dialysis patients. Investigative journalist, Carrie Arnold, and guests discuss identifying and reframing factors that may contribute to involuntary discharge.

Date: March 9, 2023

Dialysis and Your Relationship

Are you struggling to communicate with loved ones about your dialysis treatment? You're not alone. Learn how your treatment can affect the people you love. Our guests talk about tips that helped in their own lives.

Date: March 29, 2023

The Importance of Care Partners

Learn about tips and tools to reduce care partner burn out and where to reach out for help.

Date: February 7, 2023

New Year, New Dialysis - Fit Dialysis into Your Life and Not the Other Way Around

Exciting new research shows that home hemodialysis doesn’t have to be complex and difficult. Yes, really! In this discussion, find out what has changed and how it can impact your life. Home dialysis patients Melvin and Erin are experiencing a “night and day” difference in their lives since starting Tablo hemodialysis at home, giving them more time for the things they enjoy.

Date: January 11, 2023

PD and Your Lifestyle

Our guests, Seth McNamara and Latrice Jones will share their experiences with peritoneal dialysis and how it fits in an active lifestyle. And, Leslee Jordan Dallas, RN will join us to answer questions.

Date: December 6, 2022

Dialyze When it's Convenient for YOU

Our guests, William LeCroy and Sandra Cannon will share experiences with nocturnal home HD and PD. And, Tara Towe, RN, CPDN will join us to answer questions.
Date: Oct 27, 2022

Learn How Home HD Patients and their Care Partners Make it Easy to Stay Home

Hear how home HD patients and their care partners have incorporated home HD into their active lives.
Date: 10/11/22

Emergency Planning for Home Dialysis Webinar

Our guests, Martine Zaun and Jessie Rodriguez have made it through real-life emergencies. And nurse, Lyndsay Crowson, give tips on:

• How to plan ahead.
• What to keep on hand at home.
• How to evacuate safely if you need to.

CMS Focus on Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement at the Facility Level

Increasing Engagement with Patients, Caregivers, and Families: Help! Presentation

• Explain the difference between QAPI, Governing Body (GB) and Patient Plan of Care (PoC) meetings.
• Encourage (and be encouraged to) invite patients, family, and caregivers to QAPI and/or Governing Body meetings.
• Locate/use Network-provided materials for patient involvement in QAPI and/or Governing Body meetings.
• Discuss ways to operationalize having patients participate in QAPI/GB meetings.