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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In honor of National Family Caregivers Month this November, we bring you a human interest story of Jack Tomlin and his wife Patty. Jack, a middle-aged man from Louisiana, suffers from a chronic kidney condition that requires dialysis, and his wife Patty has become his care partner.
Video: http://tunheim.vzaar.me/1392748
Caregiving is challenging and takes a toll physically, mentally and financially on both patients and their care partners. Jack and Patty share their story to recognize and support the efforts of the 60-million Americans caring for a chronically ill, injured or disabled family member or friend.
Like many caregivers, Patty initially felt overwhelmed by the enormous responsibility of caring for Jack and helping with his dialysis treatments, which must be done every other day for four hours at time. Thankfully, advances in technology have eased the rigid time constraints Patty otherwise might have faced caring for someone on hemodialysis. The Fresenius Medical Care 2008K@home hemodialysis machine provides patients and their caregivers the flexibility to plan dialysis around their lives, not the other way around.
Although home hemodialysis is not a new treatment, many patients and even physicians are not aware of the many benefits it can have on both the patient and caregivers’ lives. The Tomlin’s story demonstrates the power of caregivers and how advances in technology for at-home treatments like hemodialysis can help ease the burden from the disease. http://tunheim.vzaar.me/1392748
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