Information for Patients
Fluid Overload Project - ESRD Network of Texas Patient Advisory Committee (PAC)
Dialysis Patient Citizens Education Center
Missed Treatments
Self Care
Speak Up! Help Prevent Errors in Your Care
Be Involved! - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Tips for Patients
- Question Card - For your visit with your healthcare provider
- Questions Are the Answers - Interactive Question Builder
- Consumers and Patients
National Kidney Foundation - Patient Programs and Services
- NKF Cares
- PEERS Lending Support: A national, telephone-based peer support program from NKF. Connects people who want support with people that have been there. Helps people adjust to living with chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, or a kidney transplant.
- Call 855-NKF-PEER or email nkfpeers@kidney.org
Support Groups
HOPEline Peer Support Phone Line – Renal Support Network
- If you are a person with chronic kidney disease, family member or caregiver and don't know what to expect, call us. Connect with another person who has lived successfully with kidney disease and can share their experience, strength and hope with you on what they have done to navigate this illness successfully.
- Call the HOPEline - (800) 579-1970 (toll-free) Monday through Friday from 10am to 8pm (PT)
- HOPELine en Español - (800) 780-4238 (toll-free) Monday through Friday from 10am to 8pm (PT) Support for Spanish speaking patients HOPELine en Espanol
- An illness is too demanding when you don't have HOPE
Hemoglobin
- Quick Facts English and Spanish
- Report Card English and Spanish
- Patient Booklet - HEMA METRICS
Using your CRIT-LINE Monitor to Manage Your Dry Weight for An Optimal Hemodialysis Treatment
Section 504 and ADA
- Fact Sheet
- Know Your Rights - Office of Civil Rights
Vaccinations
Treatment Adherence
- Are You Getting Enough Dialysis - Heartland Kidney Network
- Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy
- Are You Shortening Your Dialysis Time? - Northwest Renal Network
- Self-Regulation
- Partnering in Dialysis Care - Compliance and Self-Management
- Do Your Time - English Spanish - End Stage Renal Disease Network 13
- Missing Dialysis - The Renal Network, Inc.
Diet
Diet Resources
- Renal Diet Headquarters
- September Newsletter
- August Newsletter - Eating on the Go for People with Kidney Failure
- July Newsletter - Renal Diet Grocery List - Canned Vs. Fresh Vegetables
- Why Am I So Thirsty?
- Phosphorus Resources - Abbott
- Potassium Finder
Mental Health
Mental Health Resources