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Q: What is Arrange2Live?
A: Arrange2Live is a nonprofit company whose mission is to improve the quality of life for patients on Home Kidney Dialysis. We also hope our ideas will help anyone dealing with chronic health conditions requiring health care at home.
Q: How can you improve "quality of life" with Home Dialysis?
A: Home Dialysis presents some challenges. The equipment and supplies—no matter how streamlined—can threaten to take over your home! You may feel like your home is quickly turning into a medical clinic or an ICU.
We've developed some low-cost tools to create your own Home Dialysis Center—one that is safe, attractive, and takes care you your storage problems. As one patient said, "We got our home back!"
Q: What can we learn from your book, "Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: 'The Underwear Factor?'"
A: In "Arranging Your Life When Dialysis Comes Home: 'The Underwear Factor,'"
We help you answer the following questions:
- Why do Home Dialysis anyway?
- Are you cut out to do Home Dialysis?
- What are the differences between Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis?
- How do we chose and plan a Home Dialysis Space?
- How do we best manage the storage needs for Home Dialysis?
- Where do designers shop to get the best bargains?
- How can we use color and lighting to create a mood that is comforting?
- How can we disguise a dialysis machine when not in use?
- What is "caregiver burnout" and how can it be prevented?
Q: What other projects is Arrange2Live working on?
A: We are currently working on a Design Workbook, to give even more detailed information to supplement the first book. We are also speaking to groups involved in Home Dialysis.
Q: What is your ultimate goal for Arrange2Live?
A: Our dream is to see every family training for Home Dialysis have the opportunity for a Dialysis Space make-over—complete with storage management, new paint, and practical but pleasing furnishings—ready for their use by the time they move from Home Training to Dialysis at Home!
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