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Community Based Facilities Accepting Referrals from Across the Greater Toronto Area. Sheppard Centre. Sussex Centre. FREEDOM. One of the greatest benefits of self-care is an increase in independence. Self-care gives control back to patients and allows them to become
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Community Based Facilities Accepting Referrals from Across the Greater Toronto Area
FREEDOM • One of the greatest benefits of self-care is an increase in independence. • Self-care gives control back to patients and allows them to become active in their care.
FLEXIBILITY • We strive to give self-care patients more flexibility with their dialysis schedules. • Patients who have completed their self-care training have the greatest flexibility because they need the nurses less during their treatment.
HOME TRAINING • Self-care dialysis provides a supportive environment and prepares the patient for a further level of independence that home dialysis requires. • We feel that self-care dialysis can be a “stepping stone” for patients considering home dialysis programs.
NEVER TOO YOUNG OR OLD • There are no age barriers to self-care. • We accept referrals from as young as 16 years old and have patients over 80 years young on our program.
DISABILITY • The units are wheel chair accessible. • Patients who come to the Self Care Dialysis Centre must be physically capable of performing self care OR they may have a partner to help them.
TO NEEDLE OR NOT TO ? • We no longer require all patients to put in their own needles. • We continue to encourage patients to learn this skill, however, if they are unwilling or unable we will assist them with cannulation. • Often a patient will master cannulation long after the other self care skills.
NURSES • Prior to their arrival, the self care patients are assigned a primary nurse. • The primary nurse will review medications, blood work and treatments on a monthly basis with their patients. They also will do this more frequently if needed. • We try to maintain consistency in teaching by minimizing the number of nurses involved in teaching any one patient.
TRAINING • The training period can last from 6 weeks to 8 weeks while you dialyze. • The nurses will continue to monitor your skills and from time to time review them with you.
DOCTORS • There are no on-site doctors in the units. Your doctor from the “home” hospital will remain your doctor. • Routine clinic appointments are made with your doctor(s) every two months. • Nurses attend clinics to support and help with communication.
TRANSPLANT • Patients who come to the Self Care Centres have the same opportunity to receive a kidney transplant as patients in the in-centre programs. • We speak directly with the transplant coordinators to get our patients on the transplant list and maintain their yearly follow-up.
BIKE • Patients are encouraged to participate in the exercise program and we obtain orders from your doctor to approve that you can exercise during dialysis. • There are guidelines for the exercise program that ensure that the patient remains medically stable while exercising on dialysis.
KIDNEY FOUNDATION • The Kidney Foundation regularly sends us notices of the programs they offer to dialysis patients. • Some of our patients are very active in the peer support program.
DIALYZE WITH US ! • Please consider self-care for yourself. • We accept referrals from across the Greater Toronto Area. • We would be more than happy to speak with any patient interested in coming to our unit. www.scscdu.ca