Your Kidney Blog - Have your say

Bloggers from our 'kidney' community

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT

What's happening in your 'kidney' world. Do you have something to say - speak up here and be heard.

Transport

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Transport is a key concern for patients needing to travel to dialysis treatment - whether it be access to taxi subsidies, availability of bus services, reliance on family and friends, or cost of petrol for cars - getting to dialysis can be a real struggle. Skyrocketing petrol prices are having a devastating impact, particularly for those patients who live in regional and rural areas where access to dialysis units is limited.

Home dialysis

Sun, 22 May 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Home Dialysis has many advantages and can significantly improve rehabilitation and length of survival. It currently costs Government an average of $60,000 a year for just one patient to dialyse. If this patient is supported and encouraged to move to home dialysis, this cost is cut by a third, down to $40,000. Give us your thoughts....

Organ Donation

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Organ transplantation funding a major boost for Kidney patients - around 60% of all organ transplants carried out in Australia relate to the kidney. Kidney Health Australia today said the strategy and funding by Federal Government to improve organ donation would provide a major boost for Kidney Patients who are forced to wait an average of four to six years on dialysis for a transplant.

Donor Compensation

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Organ donor compensation is important. It would cost around $575,000 to assist 250 donors to cover out of pocket costs - as it costs $60,000 per annum to keep one person alive on dialysis in Australia, the savings to the Federal health budget are obvious. Kidney Health Australia continually renews its call to Government for compensation to organ donors. Have your say ... .........

Early Detection and Prevention

Sat, 21 May 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Kidney disease is out of control in Australia - almost 2 million Australians may be affected by early-stage kidney disease and not even know about it.