Kidney failure is a large global public health problem, estimated to affect more than eight million people. While the most cost-effective approach to mitigate this burden is through early diagnosis and prevention of CKD, access to the full range of high-quality kidney replacement therapies, such as long-term dialysis, remains an important priority. Yet, many people around the world do not have access to life-saving dialysis care, and even fewer have access to the full range of dialysis care, such as home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis [PD] and home hemodialysis [HHD]).
Home dialysis modalities offer greater patient autonomy, flexibility, and treatment satisfaction; have a lower carbon footprint; and, in many health systems, are much less costly than facility-based hemodialysis. However, there are large educational gaps that preclude home dialysis access for many patients or limit delivery of high-quality home dialysis care.
This program combines a person-centered approach to developing and adjusting PD and HHD prescriptions with foundational content on building and growing a home dialysis infrastructure to increase access to home dialysis modalities in the contemporary era. The program's key overarching goal is to provide skills that allow participants to engage in shared decision-making to empower patients in choosing the dialysis modality that will help them achieve their goals.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Facilitate shared decision-making with patients who have kidney failure to select the optimal dialysis modality
- Educate and empower patients to select the home dialysis modality that best fits their lifestyle and preferences
- Identify elements required to deliver a successful home dialysis program
- Develop person-centered home dialysis prescriptions for PD and HHD
- Identify and treat common complications that may be encountered when treating patients with home dialysis
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Researchers
- Medical and Other Trainees
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Pharmacists
- Physician Assistants
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Acknowledgement
ASN thanks the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) for assistance with this program.
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