How to Succeed with Home Dialysis - RSN Podcast

Listen to MEI Executive Director, Dori Schatell and Renal Support Network Executive Director Lori Hartwell talk about how to succeed at home. https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/tips-for-home-dialysis-success/

KidneyViews Blog Topics:

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• Learned Helplessness, the Mirage of Safety, and Home Dialysis
  06/05 – Dr. John Agar
• Who Will Dialyze “Complex Patients”?
  05/30 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Staff Orientation to Psychosocial Needs of People with Kidney Failure
  05/23 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Bringing Healing into Focus: The Renal Community Photo Initiative
  05/16 – Chris McIntyre MBBS DM FRCP FRCPC

Pipeline Technology

• Growing a New Human Kidney

Home Dialysis in the News

• Shocker: Aligning Care to Patient Goals Could Improve Dialysis

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Proposed KCP Bill Would Empower Kidney Patients and Improve Access to Care

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Kidney Camp for Kids

Industry Updates

• Fresenius Expands Home Dialysis Supplies

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Higher Serum Albumin May Protect Residual Kidney Function in PD
• Moving the PD Exit Site to Combat Infection
• Will Zinc Supplements One Day Help Prevent Peritoneal Sclerosis?
• BMI and Survival on PD
• Low vs. Very Low Site PD Catheter Placement to Prevent Migration
• Frequency vs. Time in HD Survival
• Bioimpedance Assessment of Conventional vs. Daily HD

Featured Link: Disaster Planning for PD and Home HD

It’s storm season, y’all--do you know how to protect yourself? Learn some great tips here. https://www.homedialysis.org/life-at-home/articles/disaster-planning-for-pd-and-home-hd