Help at Your Fingertips

Help at Your Fingertips W e’re committed to providing individuals living with kidney disease with the tools and resources to navigate their journey. From Resources to support you through your kidney disease journey KidneyConnect.ca – Join the Conversation KidneyConnect.ca is an online community—a place where people living with and affected by kidney disease can treatment options to travel, tax tips to restless leg synget connected. Read blogs from professionals and other drome, we have a comprehensive offering of brochures patients, join a group and talk to others about your exand fact sheets to help provide you with the information perience. There are various groups to join, providing you you need. with the opportunity to connect with others who may be The fact sheets, brochures and our two patient handsharing a similar experience. books, “Living with Reduced Kidney Function” and “Living with Kidney Failure,” are available for download on our Online Risk Assessment Tool website at kidney.ca/Support/Resources or you can find Sharing the vital role that kidneys play on our overall health printed versions in hospital renal units, or request a print is core to our public awareness efforts. Because there are copy by calling our office at 1.800.387.4474. often no symptoms until kidney disease is quite advanced, Digital Tools Reimagined they’ve already lost most of their kidney function. That is Kidney Community Kitchen.ca why screening and early detection are so important. The “renal diet” is often described as one of the most The Kidney Foundation’s risk assessment tool has been challenging diets. There is no simple diet sheet that aptransformed. As you share your story and raise awareness plies to everyone. Every diet must be individualized to about kidney disease, you can direct your friends and meet the needs of each person. The Kidney Community neighbours to kidney.ca/risk to learn about the risks and Kitchen is a free nutritional online resource that includes take the online quiz.  recipes, nutrition information, dietitian blog and kidney diet information. The online tool was recently refreshed and features a new look and some amazing new recipes. Later this spring, the site will also include a meal planner and more!