Patients - Resources & Information

Patient Rights and Responsibilities/ Available in Spanish

Right to Choose a Physician / Available in Spanish

Patient Rights to Health Records

Your Medical Record Rights in California
(A Guide to Consumer Rights under HIPAA)

A Quick Guide to Working Through Concerns With Your Physician / Available in Spanish
Describes the steps a patient or their family can take to try and resolve a concern they may have regarding a physician or the medical care being delivered.

Advance Directive and End of Life Care Information
	The Advance Health Care Directives Act: A Guide for Chronic Dialysis Patients/Spanish
	End-of-Life Attitudes in California FACTS/Spanish A fact sheet providing highlights from a 2006 statewide survey on End-of-Life issues and care in California.
	End-of-Life Care for Renal Patients — Questions and Answers/Spanish A document adapted from Network 5 Kidney End-of-Life Coalition to answer questions that patients and/or their families may have on End-of-Life care.
	Advance Health Care Directive Fact Sheet for Consumers This document by the California Coalition for Compassionate Care provides an overview of the law from the perspective of the consumer.
	What should you know about Palliative Care? A fact sheet from getpalliativecare.org defining and describing palliative care.
	Plan Ahead: Advance Care Planning (legal size brochure)/Spanish The document discusses/describes the types of Advance Directives, and defines common life support measures to consider in planning Advance Directives.
	Advance Directives & End-of-Life Care — Online Resources (brochure)/Spanish A handy guide of online resources that Network 18 found to be patient friendly and easy to understand.
	Advance Care Planning: For the Dialysis Patient and their Family Visit the Kidney End-of-Life Coalition website and download an order form for this booklet developed by the Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition (NW 5) and the Academy for Educational Development to help dialysis patients plan their care.
	The Institute for Health Care Advancement (IHA) has easy-to-read, easy-to-understand California Advance Directives forms and instructions in multiple languages. English    Spanish    Chinese    Vietnamese

Dialysis Facility Compare - What is Dialysis Facility Compare (DFC) - DFC Flyer

The Kidney Community of Southern California - kidney411.org

PAC Facts (Fact sheet and Poster) - A series of ESRD-related educational materials made for posting.

#1 Manage Your Fluids / Spanish

#2 What is Vascular Access? / Spanish

#3 Caring for Vascular Access / Spanish

#4 Are you Shortening Your Dialysis Time? / Spanish

#5 Improve The Quality of Your Care / Spanish

#6 Understanding Laboratory Values / Spanish

#7 Protect Yourself From Influenza / Spanish

#8 Albumin: What is It? / Spanish
 

Patient Support Group List
Let us know of other support groups (download form)

Mental Health Resources Listing
Resources for facilities who struggle to manage patients with mental health issues

Network/DHS Poster (Facilitates compliance with DHS regulations concerning
Network grievance process) Available in Spanish

Network Poster (Describes who the Network is)
Available in Spanish

Services for Patients / Available in Spanish

Spanish Educational Material

Vocational Rehabiliation

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