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Network 13 - Patient Support - Education
Regional Support Groups
Oklahoma
Pre-Dialysis, Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Recipients Support Group
Bring your family and hear about issues and topics relevant to chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation. Meet other patients and their family members. Listen, learn and share your experiences. Hear speaker talk about what is important to you and your health.
TIME: 2nd Tuesday of each Month @6:30pm
LOCATION: (NEW LOCATION)The Bell Isle Library (Lower level conference room) located at the corner of NW Expressway and Villa. Between Integris Medical Center and Penn Square Mall.
Contact:
Micki McLemore, LCSW Renal Social Worker at 405.640.7949
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National/Web Resources
Free Patient Education Materials
Madison, Wisconsin - The non-profit Medical Education Institute, Inc. (MEI) reminds health care providers and patient educators that free chronic kidney disease (CKD) materials are available for kidney health education programs.
Free materials from the Life Options Program can be downloaded or ordered at http://www.lifeoptions.org. These booklets, fact sheets, newsletters, video and audiotapes, and posters--based on research with thousands of people with CKD--provide valuable information about how to live long and live well with kidney disease.
Also available for free is Kidney School, http://www.kidneyschool.org, an interactive kidney learning center tailored to meet the needs of patients and families. Written at the 7th-9th grade level and loaded with information on topics like treatment options, diet, coping, sexuality and fertility, and much more, Kidney School’s 16, 30-minute modules attract more than 10,000 unique visitors a month. Kidney School is available 24 hours a day without log-in or registration, and all of the modules can also be downloaded.
Did you know that dialysis can be done at home? It’s true--and home patients have fewer diet and fluid limits, more freedom and flexibility, and are better able to keep their jobs. MEI provides free information on user-friendly home treatment options on Home Dialysis Central, http://www.homedialysis.org. Visitors can learn about home treatments, compare pros and cons, read real-life patient stories, find a nearby center, and talk with home patients and professionals.
The Medical Education Institute, Inc. is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 private foundation dedicated to helping people with chronic diseases learn to manage and improve their health. For reliable, unbiased information about CKD, you can turn to the MEI. To learn more, call 608-833-8033, email info@meireseach.org, or visit http://www.medicaleducationinstitute.org. POSTED 3/16/2006
Kidney School - Life Options
Pediatric Educational Resource
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)- Hope Street
The centerpiece of Hope Street is a regularly updated "graphic novella" that, in a very visual way, tells the story of a group of patients and their healthcare team in a dialysis center just like hundreds of centers across the U.S. Hope Street follows these individuals through the ups and downs of crises, conflicts, discoveries, and, most importantly, triumphs. POSTED 4/27/2007