Kidney Katz Chat - For young Australian's to link with anyone who lives with or is affected by kidney disease
How can you become involved? Share your concerns and act together to increase the power of your voice. Our Consumer Participation Council needs to know what issues are affecting young adults in our Australian kidney community. Maybe you just want to let us know about the issues you, a friend or family member are facing, or perhaps you would like to help us work out a solution to these issues. There are lots of ways you can provide feedback.
Your Kidney Blog (no login/registration required) Raising important issues and speaking out as an individual or as part of a group, is the first step to achieving change. Any entry may be moderated if it does not fulfil the Terms of Reference or Rules of Conduct displayed on YAP Space.
Current topics Bloggers from our 'kidney' community I Transport I Home dialysis I Organ Donation I Donor Compensation I Early Detection and Prevention
YAP Space Where you can tell us what's on your mind - and be heard!
Forum I Chatline
Login required - Registered Yappers only - 24 hours a day - spread the word
- Kidney Katz 16 to 25 - connect and choose relevant open channel or 'room'
- General chat - connect to chat with others about anything 'kidney' related
- Health professionals or patients - connect to choose your booked channel at a specified time - wait to be accepted by the moderator.
How to become a registered Yapper. Just provide contact details and outline how you connect to the Australian kidney community. This info is confidential (see Privacy Policy). When initially registering you will receive a confirmation email. Approval may take a few days and your contact info may be checked - this process is essential to protect you.
A positive environment giving members the opportunity to break through times of isolation, to share their experiences, support each other and realise their dreams and potential. Membership is free for any 10 to 18 year old living with serious illness or disability. Find out more about this community and register. To chat with Livewire team at Starlight Children’s Foundation call freecall 1300 727 827 or info@livewire.org.au * www.livewire.org.au
Links to other websites and resources for youth and young adults
These links are provided for your convenience. Although the quality of the sites has been checked, Kidney Health Australia takes no responsibility for their content or reliability. The listing of these sites should not be taken as our endorsement. Be aware, other sites may link to our website without our knowledge or permission. We appreciate you letting us know if a link is not connecting health@kidney.org.au
Sites for young adults with CKD (from 15 years)
Kidney and Urinary Tract Educational Resources - including awesome 3D animations
Health Living
- Better Health Channel: healthier living online (VIC) Quiz: How much do you know about your health
- Beyond Blue National Australian Depression Initiative 1300 224636
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Da Vita Highly recommended USA site - CKD, emotional health and wellbeing - sexuality, anger, depression, holiday blues, caregiver stress, sleep, positive thinking, benefits of pets, etc.
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myDr.com.au - Health Toolkit - calculators to assess your health and wellbeing status, risk tests and learn more about healthy living with interactive quizzes
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How to get the most out of life
Think about organ donation and transplantation - The Gift of Life
Young people like me with CKD
- KidTalk2 Email group for kids and young teens who have brothers and sisters with kidney disease
- Kyla's Kidney Adventure Awesome online story, published NKF Northern California USA .You can also print out the games below to play at home.
- National Kidney Federation UK YPG Zone (Young Persons Group) run by young patients
- NKF's YPG Zone UK website - Run by young patients for young patients (0-18 years and 18 - 40 years)
- YAP Space - Kidney Katz KHA's chatroom and forum for young adults aged 16 to 25
Page last updated on 20 November 2008