Kidney Care Resources

Kidney Care Resources

Living with Kidney Disease

People living with kidney disease share their kidney care journey – what they have learned along the way and how they have tried to integrate their kidney care and/or dialysis into their life.

Diet and Nutrition

Managing Your Symptoms

Each person’s experience with chronic kidney disease is different. Whether you are a person living with the disease, or a family member or friend of someone with the disease, you may want to learn more about it.  Learning about chronic kidney disease, the treatment options and how it affects people can help you become more involved in your own care, or better support your loved one.

Please visit the Ontario Renal Network (ORN) Website for more information and French versions of resources.

Dialysis Emergency Preparedness

Hemodialysis Patients Emergency Preparedness Information

Home Hemodialysis Patients Emergency Preparedness Information

Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Emergency Preparedness Information

Living with Dialysis

People living with kidney disease share their experiences on what it was like when they first started on dialysis treatments.

 

Community Resources

People living with kidney disease share their experiences on how to live well with kidney disease. Explore the many resources available to patients with kidney disease below.

Kidney Transplant

It’s not easy to understand kidney failure, dialysis, and kidney transplantation. Our Kidney Care Program will work with you and your family to help access kidney transplant programs in Ontario.

Questions about kidney transplant or becoming an organ donor? Explore Transplant Ontario provides learning resources to help guide your transplant journey.

Transplant Ambassadors are kidney transplant recipients or living kidney donors who welcome the opportunity to share their personal experiences with you, to help guide you through your kidney journey.

Regional Hospital Partners