Age-old musings: twenty-first century management of advanced kidney disease in older individuals.

Quality geriatric kidney care extends beyond traditional therapy to care that balances the impact of both disease and treatment around how individuals manage their daily routines. In this Comment, we discuss clinical and policy changes that could benefit older people with advanced kidney disease.

Importance of Early Inpatient Geriatric Rehabilitation on Outcomes in Individuals on Dialysis.

Objective: To report short-term functional outcomes of patients incident to dialysis undergoing inpatient rehabilitation within 3 months of dialysis initiation.

Design: Retrospective observation study using prospectively collected data.

Setting: Single-center, hospital-based geriatric dialysis rehabilitation unit.