Clinical Practice Session
Is Equity in Access to Home Dialysis Feasible?
November 08, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Room 342D, Convention Center
Session Description
Growth in the number of people on dialysis receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) is important for many individuals and health care systems. However, the slow increase in numbers is related to socioeconomic and age inequities, lack of education of health care teams, and need for pathways to access PD. This session focuses on implementing ideas that increase equity of access to home dialysis.
Learning Objective(s)
- List barriers to increased use of PD
- Explain how patient empowerment can increase access to home dialysis
- Describe how to generate implementation plans to increase access to home dialysis
- Discuss how social inequity can be incorporated into education about and access to home dialysis
Learning Pathway(s)
- Dialysis
Moderators
Presentations
- Introduction
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
- Empowering Patients to Increase Equity of Access to Home Dialysis
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
- Empowering Nurses Is Key for Home Dialysis Expansion
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
- International Home Dialysis Consortium: What Can the United States Learn from Global Strategies?
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
- Developing an Equitable Home Dialysis Care Program: A Perspective from the US Veterans Health Administration
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
- Panel Discussion: Feasibility of Expanding Access to Home Dialysis in the United States
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM