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From Grief to Giving Back: Using Poetry to Support Kidney Disease Patients

A doctor turns to poetry after losing her mother—and finds a new way to comfort kidney patients, give back, and support the National Kidney Foundation...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Talking to healthcare professional,

Self-management and self-care,

End-of-life planning,

Fundraising and volunteering

A Son’s Gift: How His Kidney Donation Saved Two Lives and Transformed His Own

He saved his mom's life through a paired kidney exchange. A decade later, he honored her decision not to return to dialysis. Now he shares their ...

Treatments and therapies,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

End-of-life planning,

Living donor programs,

Living donation,

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

End-of-Life Planning: Kidney Disease, Advance Directives, and Wills

No one likes to think about end-of-life planning, but it is a necessary part of life that helps you prepare for the future. If you have kidney disease...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Informed decision-making,

End-of-life planning,

Palliative Care Helps Patients with Kidney Disease

Palliative care offers support for CKD patients by managing pain, aiding communication with doctors, and helping cope with stress.

Treatments and therapies,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

End-of-life planning

Medicare

Medicare covers dialysis and kidney transplant costs for all ages. Includes Part A (hospital care), Part B (doctor services), and Part D (prescription...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

End-of-life planning,

Health insurance,

Advance directives

Advance Directives

Guide your medical care with an advance directive. Specify your treatment wishes for future crises to ensure your preferences are respected when you c...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

End-of-life planning,

Advance directives