Well Being

The well being resources below provide help in not only surviving with kidney disease, but thriving!
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BE HEARD: TIPS FOR TALKING WITH YOUR CARE TEAM
This resource offers tips about how to talk with your care team.

CARING FOR YOUR MIND AND BODY 
This tool helps you journal your feelings and provides tips for positively impacting your mental health.

BECAUSE YOUR VOICE MATTERS

An informational handout with tips for dialysis patients on how to have a good Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement (QAPI) meeting. Patients can use the tips in this document before, during, and after the meeting.
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SELF-HELP AND FEELINGS FLASHCARDS PDF Icon
These flashcards can be printed and cut into individual flashcards for daily affirmations to help keep you on track for positive well being. Click an image above or a link below to view and print the flashcards.
Self-Help Flashcards
Feelings Flashcards

HEALTH EQUITY LISTENING AND LEARNING SESSION YouTube Play Icon
In this 90-minute recording, a panel of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient leaders identify what they view as long-standing systemic health and social inequities that contribute to health disparities and share opportunities for actionable solutions.

EXERCISE: A GUIDE FOR PEOPLE ON DIALYSIS 
Can people on dialysis exercise? Yes! In fact, exercise is beneficial both physically and emotionally for people on dialysis.

GOAL SETTING:  GETTING BACK TO ME 
This workbook is designed to help patients get in touch with their strengths and to create a plan by setting and meeting their personal goals.

MY PLAN, MY CARE
Use this tool in your PoC meeting to ask your healthcare team questions and take notes at the meeting.

GUIDE TO A HEALTHIER YOU
Read this guide to learn what you need to know about your dialysis treatment.
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TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS
Read this patient- and caregiver-developed resource to learn best practices and establish a blueprint for caring for kidney patients.
Developed by patients, for patients.