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How to Ask for a Living Donor

2024-03-28T21:06:47-04:00April 29th, 2013|Categories: eNews, Kidney Transplant|

Asking someone to give you a kidney is not an easy thing to do. Although it is scary, the worst case scenario is that your friends and family won’t be able to be a donor. Some of you will have no problem asking and the process will be very smooth while others will be nervous to approach others with this request. A few tips to make it easier are: Educate friends and family members about your disease and how a transplant works Think about providing information and the opportunity to connect more than just asking Don’t pressure anyone and allow [...]

Are You Cut Out to Do Home Dialysis?

2024-03-28T21:06:48-04:00April 8th, 2013|Categories: Blog, Home Hemodialysis|

By Dr. Linda Gromko, MD, Guest Blogger Hi my name is Dr. Linda Gromko and I am a Seattle family practice physician who assisted my husband Steve Williams with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for three-and-a-half years before his death in April 2011. In coordination with interior designer Jane C. McClure, I wrote Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: “The Underwear Factor’ and two other books about my family’s experience with ESRD. Last month, I discussed the advantages of doing dialysis at home. There’s no doubt that home dialysis – both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis – offer the opportunity for [...]

What is Palliative Care?

2024-03-28T21:06:49-04:00March 8th, 2013|Categories: eNews, Treatment|Tags: |

Palliative care is a pretty encompassing term. The World Health Organization defines it is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness. It accomplishes this through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. When thinking about palliative care: provides relief from pain and other related symptoms affirms life and regards dying as a process of life intends neither to hasten or postpone death integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care offers a support system [...]

March Education Webinar and Call: Tools and Techniques to Empower Yourself to Help Your Community

2024-03-28T21:06:49-04:00March 5th, 2013|Categories: eNews, Webinar|

Webinar Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 3:00pm The new partnership between DPC and the DPC Education Center creates wonderful opportunities for each organization to use the skills and expertise of the other to work toward their shared goal of improving the lives of kidney disease patients. This partnership will be evident in our next Patient Education call entitled Tools and Techniques to Empower Yourself to Help Your Community, which will be held on March 26th at 2:00PM Eastern. The Center’s staff is currently developing toolkits for leading your own events such as walks or health fairs. Each kit will be [...]

Welcome Webinar

2024-03-28T21:06:50-04:00March 4th, 2013|Categories: eNews, Webinar|

Webinar Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 2:00pm This is a final reminder that the postponed DPC Education Center (The Center) Welcome Webinar is now scheduled for tomorrow Wednesday, March 20th at 1:00 pm ET. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by our postponement and hope that you can join us once again. The Center is excited to invite the kidney community to our welcome webinar and virtual open house. The Center is the new sister organization of Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) and has the broad goal of empowering patients through education. Since the organization is still in its early stages, [...]

Go Ahead, Indulge Your Sweet Tooth!

2024-03-28T21:06:51-04:00March 4th, 2013|Categories: Blog, News & Events, Nutrition, Recipes, Staying Healthy|

Since it has been a long winter, DPC would like to share a late holiday gift. What better way to take your mind off of the snow accumulation and wind chill than a couple of renal friendly dessert recipes! Dessert is often one of the first things cut from the renal diet, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Most desserts contain chocolate or milk, which are foods high in phosphorous and potassium that can lead to bone and heart problems. This does limit dessert options for kidney patients, however, we all deserve a treat every now and then. [...]

Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home

2024-03-28T21:06:51-04:00February 26th, 2013|Categories: Blog, Home Hemodialysis|

By Linda G, Guest Blogger Hi my name is Linda Gromko and I am a a Seattle family practice physician who served as my husband’s Care Partner in both home hemodialysis and home peritoneal dialysis for several years before his death in 2011. I am a strong advocate of home dialysis, and I have co-authored “Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: The Underwear Factor” with Interior Designer Jane C. McClure. I also wrote “Complications: A Doctor’s Love Story,” and “Let Me Go When the Banter Stops: A Doctor’s Fight for the Love of Her Life.” I wanted to share my [...]

Financial Coverage for Peritoneal Dialysis

2024-03-28T21:06:52-04:00February 4th, 2013|Categories: Costs for Treatment, eNews, Peritoneal Dialysis|

There are several options to pay for your dialysis treatments including insurance through your employer or other private health plan, Medicare, Medicaid and through military health programs. The Medicare program was designed to be available to anyone who was born in the US, a permanent and legal resident for 5 years, or the spouse of an individual who paid Medicare taxes for at least 10 years.  People with end stage renal disease (ESRD) or those who needed a kidney transplant regardless of age (as long as they met the residency requirements) qualify for Medicare. Some individuals are considered dual eligible [...]

The DPC Education Center Announces New Board of Directors

2024-03-28T21:06:53-04:00January 16th, 2013|Categories: eNews|

Nancy Scott named Board President The DPC Education Center (The Center) is pleased to announce the organization’s founding Board of Directors, led by newly-elected Board President Nancy Scott.  The Board of Directors will help shape The Center’s work and realize its mission of improving kidney disease patients’ quality of life and reducing the occurrence of end stage renal disease (ESRD). The new Board is comprised of 14 ESRD patients, including 9 current dialysis patients and 5 transplant recipients. President Nancy Scott, from Newark, DE, exemplifies The Center’s commitment to patient education and empowerment.  She previously served as the Board President of [...]

Facts About the Flu

2024-03-28T21:06:54-04:00January 4th, 2013|Categories: eNews, Medication|

Flu Facts Flu season usually runs from November through April.  The flu can cause mild to severe illness, and even lead to death. Each year, in the U.S. about 36,000 people die from flu-related illness and there are more than 200,000 people hospitalized. Over 90% of deaths and about 60% of hospitalizations occur in people older than 65. Who is at risk? In seasonal flu, certain people are at “high risk” of serious complications. This includes people 65 years and older, children younger than five years old, pregnant women, and people of any age with certain chronic medical conditions, such as [...]

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