A Kidney Patient's Guide to Working and Paying for Treatment
This is a resource from Life Options, a program to help people live long and live well with kidney disease. This booklet is divided into three parts: Paying for treatment of kidney disease, living productively with kidney disease, and resources for individuals with kidney disease.
View ResourceA Practical Guide for People with Disabilities Who Want to Go to College
This guide helps people with disabilities plan for attending college.
View ResourceDialysis Facility Compare
See how your facility compares to others based on star ratings, services offered, and quality of care. Find and compare Medicare-certified dialysis facilities and get information about chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplants. Talk to your dialysis team about Medicare's star ratings and other quality of care scores.
View ResourceDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. VR is committed to helping people with disabilities find meaningful careers.
View ResourceExercise: A Guide for People on Dialysis
This booklet offers exercise alternatives for people on dialysis.
View ResourceFederal Student Aid
This organization provides resources for preparing for college or career school, applying for aid, consumer protection and more.
View ResourceFlorida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST)
The FAAST Device Loan Program is a way for people with disabilities of all ages to try out different assistive devices to best determine those most helpful for them. The Program provides hands on training and access to personal computers and other items.
View ResourceHawaii - Department of Human Services
This is the government website for the Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
View ResourceKeeping Your Job When You Need Dialysis
This website offers information keeping your job when you need dialysis.
View ResourceNorthern California - Department of Rehabilitation Services
This is the website for the Department of Rehabilitation Services for Northern California.
View ResourcePatient Scholarships
This website offers information about scholarships and grants that are available for patients with kidney disease.
View ResourceRenal Rehabilitation: Bridging the Barriers
This booklet provides important information for patients and families about vocational rehabilitation and kidney disease.
View ResourceSocial Security - Substantial Gainful Activity
This site includes up-to-date information about substantial gainful activity (SGA). The amount of monthly earnings considered as SGA depends on the nature of a person's disability. SGA amounts generally change with changes in the national average wage index.
View ResourceState Vocational Rehabilitation Services
This page provides a list of State Vocational Rehabilitation services for Network 15.
View ResourceTicket to Work
The Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency program is a Federal program designed to provide Social Security Disability beneficiaries the choices, opportunities, and support they need to enter and maintain employment.
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Returning to Work (Vocational Rehabilitation)
This page includes contact information for the Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma WIPA programs.
View ResourceWorking While Disabled - How We Can Help
Social Security pays disability benefits to you and certain members of your family if you have worked long enough and have a medical condition that has prevented you from working, or is expected to prevent you from working for at least 12 months, or end in death.
View ResourceWorking While Disabled - Spanish Version
Social Security pays disability benefits to you and certain members of your family if you have worked long enough and have a medical condition that has prevented you from working or is expected to prevent you from working for at least 12 months or end in in death.
View ResourceWorking with Chronic Kidney Disease
National Kidney Foundation information on rehabilitation and returning to work.
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