Understanding Home Dialysis in Nursing Homes and Updated Guidance

Home dialysis presents an exciting opportunity for nursing homes to potentially increase census, expand on-site services, and lower operating costs while simultaneously improving residents’ quality of life and quality of care. Home dialysis is the process of individuals receiving dialysis treatments in their homes as opposed to at an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facility. In a nursing home, this could refer to receiving the dialysis treatments in the resident’s room or in a communal dialysis den by working with an experienced ESRD provider.