PEERS Lending Support

Call 855-653-7337 (855-NKF-PEER) or email nkfpeers@kidney.org to participate Today!!

What is Peers?

• A national, telephone-based peer support program from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
• Connects people who want support with someone who has been there
• Helps people adjust to living with chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, or a kidney transplant

Why participate?

Because you may:

• Want more one-on-one support than your healthcare professional can provide in a brief office visit
• Benefit from talking to someone who has been there
• Wish to help others by sharing your own personal experience about living and coping with kidney disease

How will participants interact with each other?

• Participants call a toll-free, automated telephone system to connect to each other.  No one discloses personal phone numbers or incurs long-distance charges.
• The automated telephone system allows participants to leave voicemail messages for their partners and block calls at certain hours.
• Telephone services are provided free-of-charge by the NKF.

How do I qualify?

To qualify and receive support from a peer partner, you must:

• Have access to a telephone
• Be willing to be interviewed, assessed, and matched with a peer mentor
• Have at least one of the following:
  • Be newly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease
  • Need help adjusting to chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, or having a kidney transplant
  • Be new to dialysis
  • Be considering a kidney transplantation or already have a kidney transplant

To qualify as a mentor who provides support, you must:

• Have access to a telephone
• Have chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, or a kidney transplant
• Be someone others can relate to, identify with, and learn from
• Be willing to complete a comprehensive telephone-based training program
• Be competent and ready to become a mentor after training
• Be able to communicate well with others
• Be culturally sensitive, empathetic, and understanding
• Speak English to participate in training

Call to participate… Today!

• Call 855-653-7337 (855-NKF-PEER) or email nkfpeers@kidney.org

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