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      1. About Kidney Disease
        1. Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease
          1. Symptoms
          2. Risk Factors
          3. Causes
          4. Diagnosis and Testing
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        2. Kidney Disease Stages
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          5. Stage 5
        3. What Is a Nephrologist?
        4. What to Expect with CKD
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          1. Kidney Diet Basics
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          4. Diabetes
          5. High Blood Pressure
        6. Understanding Acute Kidney Injury
          1. Acute Kidney Injury Treatment and Recovery
        7. How Kidneys Work
        8. Take a FREE CLASS on Kidney Disease
      2. Treatments
        1. Dialysis Basics
          1. How Does a Hemodialysis Machine Work
          2. Starting Dialysis
          3. Types of Dialysis Access
          4. Your Care Plan
          5. Dialysis Medications
          6. Monitoring Your Lab Results
        2. Benefits of Home Dialysis
        3. Home Peritoneal Dialysis
          1. What to Expect
          2. Getting Prepared
          3. PD Access
          4. PD Training
          5. PD Monitoring
          6. Your Care Team
        4. Home Hemodialysis
          1. What to Expect
          2. Getting Prepared
          3. HD Training
          4. HD Monitoring
          5. Your Care Team
        5. Sign up to Talk to a Home Dialysis Expert
        6. In-Center Hemodialysis
          1. In-Center Treatment Options
          2. What to Expect
          3. Types of Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
          4. Your Care Team
          5. How to Choose a Center
        7. Transplant
          1. Finding a Kidney Donor
          2. Considering Kidney Donation
        8. Insurance & Managing Costs
          1. Understanding Medicare Coverage
          2. Understanding Medicare Advantage
          3. Understanding Employer Plans
        9. Choosing Not to Treat
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          6. Talking With Your Dietitian
        3. Fluid Management on Dialysis
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      Home Hemodialysis
      Home Hemodialysis
      OVERVIEW What to Expect Getting Prepared HD Training HD Monitoring Your Care Team
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      4. HD Training

      At-Home Hemodialysis (HD) Training

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      Depending on the type of dialysis machine you will use, the training program lasts for about 4 to 8 weeks. You will continue to get your dialysis treatments while you are going through your training.
      Your home-training nurse will review the training course with you and your care partner, plus set up your orientation and training schedule. There are 4 basic steps:
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      Hemodialysis home setup

      To do hemodialysis in your home, you will need:


      • Easy-to-reach tap water and a drain (sink or bathtub)
      • Easy-to-reach electrical outlets
      • Space for storing supplies
      • Space for your dialysis equipment

      The home-training team will look at the inside of your home to make sure it is safe for dialysis. They will also make sure there is enough room to store your home-dialysis equipment and supplies.

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      Care partner

      Hemodialysis has special risks as well as benefits. Because of these risks, you may need a care partner to help or be with you during your treatments, depending on how you choose to do your dialysis—solo or assisted.


      If you’ve chosen to do home HD with a care partner and there are days when your care partner can’t be with you, you should plan to receive dialysis at your local dialysis center.

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      REQUEST A HOME HEMODIALYSIS CONVERSATION

      The home hemodialysis (HD) process is similar to in-center treatment—in the comfort of your own home.
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      Home dialysis training and education

      You and your care partner will get the same training. During training, you and your care partner will learn:


      • How to use your home hemodialysis and water machines
      • About the parts of your dialysis and water machines
      • What to check on the machine computer screen during your treatment
      • How to dispose of needles and syringes—you will be given a “sharps” container for them
      • How to safely discard treatment tubing and dialyzers after each treatment
      • How to use and care for your hemodialysis access
      • How to handle issues that may occur during treatment
      • Who to call if you need help or have questions

      After you finish your at-home HD training course, you will be awarded a special certificate. There is a lot to learn, but it’s worth it so that you can successfully dialyze at home.

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      Going home

      Once you’ve finished your training at the hemodialysis center, you and your home-training nurse will choose a day and time for your first home treatment.


      On that day, your nurse will come to your house to watch—and help—you and your care partner go through all the treatment steps in your own home with your own equipment. That way, he or she can make sure you both feel confident and safe dialyzing on your own.


      Equipment and water technicians will also make sure that all your home dialysis equipment is in safe working condition. They will also do regular maintenance checks.

      Learn about traveling on dialysis.

      TRAVELING AND NEED DIALYSIS?

      Going out of town for a few days or even a month is no problem for people on dialysis. It simply takes some planning.
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