What is People Like Us, Live!?

"People Like Us, Live!TM" is an interactive patient education program which openly addresses the many fears and concerns that patients and family members face when diagnosed with chronic renal failure, and provides the objective, unbiased factual information they need in order to make informed treatment and lifestyle choices. It encourages these individuals to take an active part in making decisions that will affect their overall quality of life and gives them hope.

A Total Program

People Like Us, Live!TM consists of the following six 1 ½ hour classroom presentations:

A Collaborative Effort

People Like Us, Live!TM draws on the knowledge, skills and experience of caring health care professionals and patient presenters who recognize the importance of the program's goals and want to play an important role in achieving them. An MSW nephrology social worker with a minimum of one year of renal experience serves as Program Moderator and works in partnership with an NKF Affiliate staff member who serves as Program Coordinator. Both are trained and certified by the National Kidney Foundation to jointly conduct the program. The program is designed to be conducted through the local NKF affiliates.

Faculty for each class is drawn from the local renal health care community and includes renal nurses experienced in home and in-center hemodialysis and the different forms of peritoneal dialysis, renal dietitians, renal transplant nurses/clinical coordinators and renal social workers.

Patient presenters are people on treatment and their families who also participate as members of the faculty by sharing their unique experiences and perspectives with diagnosis, treatment selection and coping strategies.

People Like Us Live! (PLUL!) Program Schedule

To find out if there will be a People Like Us Live! program in you area, please contact your local NKF affiliate.