Dialysis Rehabilitation

      Harbour Health’s and Hawthorn Health’s Recovery Care Program includes a highly recommended subacute dialysis program.  This program works in conjunction with all dialysis centers in the Buffalo area.  Once admitted to the program, patients are provided complimentary van transportation for dialysis appointments. 

      Dialysis patients have specialized needs, which are the focus of the comprehensive interdisciplinary team.  For example, full-time staff dieticians ensure each patient receives a specialized meal plan.  In addition, each patient and patient’s family are provided training in proper diet to ensure the correct diet is continued once the patient returns home.   Because dialysis treatments average about four hours, dialysis patients have very full schedules; therefore, weekly attending physician visits and daily physical and/or occupational therapy appointments are planned around each patient’s dialysis schedule to ensure optimum care and comfort.