Patients

Welcome to the Patient section Serving the NKF of Michigan, Inc. web site. Here you will find information about chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and much more.

Identification Tags

Identification tags provide medical information on either a necklace or bracelet at a nominal cost to the individual. The tags are engraved and sent to the person within four weeks of ordering. Click here for the application. (Adobe Acrobat required 48kb download)
Contact person: Bob Meyer

Luann Scheppelmann-Eib Emergency Fund

The Luann Scheppelmann-Eib Emergency Fund provides a one-time grant of up to up to $100 for emergency needs of people with kidney disease. Payments are made directly to vendors, not individuals. Click here for the application. (Adobe Acrobat required 55kb download)
Contact person: Bob Meyer

Prescription Drug Bank

The Drug Bank provides certain prescription medications to individuals who are uninsured or underinsured. The medications are delivered through a very reliable in-state pharmacy directly to the individual's home.
Contact person: Bob Meyer

Internship Program

The NKFM internship program provides part-time employment in the Ann Arbor state office for people with kidney failure. The program can provide the opportunity for individuals to "test the waters" in deciding about a possible return to work.
Contact person: Maurie Ferriter

Information, Referral and/or Advocacy

People with kidney disease and their family members who contact NKFM are either referred to the appropriate source to meet their needs or NKFM provides the information or advocates for the individual.
Contact person: Maurie Ferriter

Patient Indigent Program

The Patient Indigent program provides preventative health care and diagnostic consultations to people with kidney disease who have no insurance. More than 120 nephrologists and urologists in Michigan participate in this program.
Contact person: Bob Meyer

Richard D. Swartz Scholarships

The RDS Scholarship program awards GRANTS BASED ON MERIT to people with kidney failure for continuing THEIR education.
Contact person: Maurie Ferriter

Kids Camp

The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan's (NKFM) Kids Camp is designed to provide an opportunity for kidney patients between the ages of 8 and 16 to experience a week away at camp with their healthy peers. "Kidney Kids" as they are affectionately called, have the chance to be a "regular" kid for a week and do all of the same activities that a healthy child would get to do at camp. Kidney kids are able to participate in swimming, horseback riding, high ropes, archery, boating, arts & crafts and general camp activities which enable them to bond with staff and other kids. more info