Role of Care Giver in Peritoneal Dialysis by Renal Care India

Role Of Caregiver In Peritoneal Dialysis

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Peritoneal dialysis is one of the

treatment options for Chronic Kidney

Disease. Usually patients suffering

from Chronic Kidney Disease are

advised to go for peritoneal dialysis.

Since peritoneal dialysis is done at

home the role of caregiver in

peritoneal dialysis is very important.

The key role of a care giver in

peritoneal dialysis is to look after the

patient with respect to their health,

disease, treatment, emotional

wellbeing and so on. Usually the care

giver is adequately trained by the

nurse to carry out the entire procedure

of peritoneal dialysis at home.




Caregivers are very important in PD as

their unavailability or unwillingness

can make the doctor change the

modality of renal replacement therapy

to HD. The importance of caregivers in

the success of PD has been visibly

seen.5 Caregivers are often spouses

or may be other family members.

These patients are usually physically

and/or mentally unable to provide the

necessary treatment for themselves

and hence require a caregiver to take

major responsibility for their

treatment.



It is to be made sure that the patient and

the caregiver have been adequately

trained by the PD nurse or the doctor.

Remember that good training is an

essential prerequisite for good results

on the therapy. By the end of this

training, the patient and caregiver must

be very confident on the practical

aspects of PD.

Many factors are believed to be closely related to the success of therapy,

such as: caregiver’s commitment (top most) responsible and fully

compliant involvement with treatment; good relationship and

understanding between the health care team, the patient, and his/her

caregiver; family and social support; proper and adequate dietary

conditions; adequate personal and household hygiene.



Caregivers are the individual(s) who

during the course treatment are most

closely and passionately involved in

caring for the patient and thus helping the

patient cope with efficiently and therefore

manage his chronic illness effectively.

The caregiver burden increases

significantly as functional and cognitive

impairments set in. This limits the ability of

the patient to care for himself. Additional

factors associated with caregiver burden

include the relationship between caregiver

(and their career) and patient, behavioral

and psychological symptoms displayed by

the patient, gender and adverse life events.


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