September is Healthy Aging Month.

We’re all aging, including our dialysis patients, but we can help them age well. Anemia and fatigue put them at risk of becoming deconditioned and unable to do what they want and need to do. MEI has these booklets that could help them avoid a fate that could leave them feeling hopeless and depressed, resulting in poorer outcomes:

• Exercise for the Dialysis Patient: A Guide for Nephrologists https://lifeoptions.org/assets/pdfs/pro_exercise.pdf

• Exercise for the Dialysis Patient: A Prescribing Guide https://lifeoptions.org/assets/pdfs/pro_prescguide.pdf

• Exercise a Guide for People on Dialysis https://lifeoptions.org/assets/pdfs/exercise_a_guide_for_people_on_dialysis.pdf

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• Independence Has No Expiration Date: Rethinking Home Hemodialysis in the Golden Years
  09/10 – Maria Camila Bermúdez, MD
• Throwback Thursday: Combatting Implicit Bias in Home Dialysis
  09/03 – Home Dialysis Central
• Six Home Dialysis Myths That May Be Holding You Back
  08/27 – Dr. Andrew King
• What CMS Is Proposing for Dialysis in 2027 and Why Your Comments Matter
  08/20 – Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW

Pipeline Technology

• The Lancet Digital Health published results of Humacyte’s Phase III clinical trial of its V007 acellular tissue engineered vessel (ATEV) HD access

Home Dialysis in the News

• Dialysis Act would give patients more stability, options, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 28, 2026
• In August 2026, 70 nephrology fellows were chosen for the 2026–2027 ASN Home Dialysis Scholarship Program

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Hear from Tony and Christina in MEI’s hour-long webinar on Switching from PD to Home HD
• Ochsner Health Patients and Care Team Share the Benefits of Home Dialysis
• Pam Shares Her Husband’s Home HD Setup

Industry Updates

• Quanta Dialysis Technologies to Be Recognized at Premier Innovation Celebration
• DaVita and Humana Partner to Care for 10,000 Medicare Advantage Members with CKD
• Somatus to Open Maryland Home Dialysis Training Center
• FDA Warns Fresenius About Leaking PD Solution Bags and Particulates
• NIH to Consolidate Websites Under Nine Hubs

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• MEI Comments on Proposed 2027 ESRD Payment and Quality Changes
• Concurrent Care for Comfort Act Would Provide Separate Payment for Palliative Dialysis

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Evaluating Patterns and Outcomes in the Prescription of Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis in Support of Shared Decision-Making
• Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Flushing in Children: A National Survey of Practice Patterns
• Hemodiafiltration versus High-flux Hemodialysis and Risk of Mortality: A Multinational Target Trial Emulation
• Remote Monitoring in Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Improves Treatment Adherence and Reduces Hospitalization Burden: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study
• Training Programs for Families of Children on Home Peritoneal Dialysis: A Scoping Review

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