Welcome to Kidney Solutions.
Social Determinants of Health What are they?
How do SDOH relate to Kidney Transplant?
Why are SDOH important when it comes to kidney transplant? (CDC, 2024)
- Addressing a person’s SDOH can enhance their health and lead to better outcomes when
- Assessing SDOH can uncover underlying social factors that can interfere
- By assessing SDOH for patients, patients and providers can work with
What to Expect
Now You're Listed, What's Next?
Once you are listed as a kidney transplant candidate, you will be placed on the National Organ transplant waitlist managed by the United Network for Organ
What Happens After the Evaluations?
After completing your medical and psychosocial evaluations, the transplant treatment team will determine if you are an appropriate candidate for kidney transplant.
Get Evaluated - The referral process can happen in two ways
If you have not started dialysis, you can be referred to transplant centers by your nephrologist.
What to Expect
- Get Evaluated If you have started dialysis more than likely your treatm
- After completing your medical and psychosocial evaluations, the transplant treatment
- Once you are listed as a kidney transplant candidate, you will be placed on the National Organ transplant
Kidney Transplant and Mental Health
While kidney transplant is a surgery that enhance a person’s quality of life, studies have shown that a person’s mental health can be impacted in a positive and or negative way pre and post transplant
If a person has been clinically diagnosed with a mental health diagnosis or has symptoms of a mental health diagnosis preparation for kidney transplant or adaptation to life post transplant can trigger emotions that can impact their mental health
