More Frequent On-Site Dialysis May Hasten Return to Home for Nursing Home Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease.

Key Points: Prior efficacy study—established that more frequent dialysis achieved better outcomes than CONVENTIONAL dialysis in outpatients. We undertook an effectiveness observational on-site nursing home study (=195) comparing on-site more frequent dialysis with CONVENTIONAL dialysis. More frequent dialysis patients, despite being sicker at baseline, returned home faster than CONVENTIONALLY dialyzed patients without worsened death or hospitalization.

Improved nursing home end-stage renal disease patient participation in physical therapy with onsite, more frequent dialysis.

Introduction: For end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients residing in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the logistics and physical exhaustion of life-saving hemodialysis therapy often conflict with rehabilitation goals. Integration of dialysis care with rehabilitation programs in a scalable and cost-efficient manner has been a significant challenge. SNF-resident ESRD patients receiving onsite, more frequent hemodialysis (MFD) have reported rapid post-dialysis recovery.

Post-dialysis recovery time in ESRD patients receiving more frequent hemodialysis in skilled nursing facilities.

Introduction: Post-dialysis recovery time (DRT) has an important relationship to quality of life and survival, as identified in studies of ESRD patients on conventional dialysis. ESRD patients are often discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) where on-site treatment using home hemodialysis technology is increasingly offered, but nothing is known about DRT in this patient population.

Methods: From November 4, 2019 to June 11, 2021, within a dialysis organization providing service across 12 states and 154 SNFs, patients receiving in-SNF, more frequent dialysis (MFD) (modeled to deliver 14 treatment hours minimum per week and stdKt/V ≥2.

Epidemiology of nursing home dialysis patients-A hidden population.

Introduction: Dialysis patients are often discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), but little has been published about their natural history.

Methods: Using electronic medical record data, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of nursing home patients treated with in-SNF hemodialysis from January 1, 2018 through June 20, 2020 within a dialysis organization across eight states. A dialytic episode began with the first in-SNF dialysis and was ended by hospitalization, death, transfer, or cessation of treatment.