Pre-treatment decision making
Timely, tailored, community based, peer educators, multi-professional team involvement
We have come to realise that the whole of this patient education pathway is really important...The team are constantly assessing where each person and their family are along this pathway and what they are ready for...
Home dialysis nurse, West Midlands
Example change ideas to get you thinking (from previous DAYLife participants)
- Include a home visit for all patients on our advanced kidney care pathway to (Nottingham)
- Develop a more robust patient education programme; tailored to individuals and involving peer educators (Shrewsbury)
- Re-design our education day to prioritise home dialysis; re-ordering the talks and ensuring specialists from all therapies attend (Coventry)
- Include alternative language options in our home therapy education package (Birmingham)
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Patient decision aid booklet
Yorkshire Dialysis Decision Aid -
Interventions toolkit: Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease
Think Kidneys -
Dialysis options and choices
Health and Care Research Wales -
Peer support toolkit
Kidney care uk -
My kidney journey
Baxter healthcare -
National home dialysis peer support service
National kidney fedaration -
Shared decision making guidance
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
