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Save the Date! The 6th annual Brighton Kidney Walk will take place September 6, 2008

The Peer Mentoring Program, complimenting the medical team is designed to empower patients with renal disease to take control of their lives and health care. A peer mentor has many roles, and functions as a one-on-one consultant with patients living with kidney disease.

Peer mentors:
                    ...are positive role models
                    ...share personal experiences
                    ...are good listeners
                    ...provide hope, encouragement and understanding
                    ...are problem solvers
                    ...help alleviate anxiety
                    ...are educators
                    ...help you understand treatment options
                    ...empower.

These are just a handful of examples of the roles peer mentors fill for patients with renal disease. It would take volumes to tell you everything a peer mentor does to help patients with kidney disease cope with the life altering diagnosis of renal disease. Peer mentors assist in finding positive, workable solutions for individuals facing the physical, mental, emotional, and financial strains of living with kidney disease, dialysis and kidney transplant.

If you would like to learn more about the Peer Mentoring Program in Michigan, please contact Program Specialist, Erica Perry, MSW.

Contact:  Erica Perry, MSW
Email:     eperry@nkfm.org
Phone:    (734) 222-9800 ext. 214
               (800) 482-1455 (in state)
Fax:        (734) 222-9801
 

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Coyotes For Kidneys

This webpage was created by members of the Brighton Kidney Walk and Coyotes for Kidneys Team. Our purpose is to create awareness, prevention and educational opportunites in Livingston County and surrounding Michigan areas. Through our work with NKFM we intend to raise funds to achieve training and placements of  peer mentors in each of Michigan's 150 dialysis clincs. The Brighton Kidney Walk is an annual celebration of life for individuals living with kidney disease, dialysis patients, organ transplant recipients, donor families, living donors, the medical and business communities, and the general public. Through our efforts we hope to create an enriched experience for individuals living with kidney disease, lasting community awareness, advocacy and long-term support in the fight against kidney disease in Michigan, where 1 in 9 adults face this life altering chronic illness.