Self-care dialysis therapies

You may be able to have your treatments at home or at a community facility.

Before you can do this your renal team will:

Types of dialysis you can do yourself

You can learn to do:

peritoneal dialysis - where you change fluid bags through a tube connected to your abdomen, or
haemodialysis - using a machine at home or a community facility.

Doing dialysis yourself can take a few weeks or months to learn.

The peritoneal Dialysis Centre is based at the Casuarina village in Darwin.

You may also be able to get training by a peritoneal dialysis nurse in your community.

You will have follow-up visits from a nurse.

Home haemodialysis training centres are in Darwin at the Nightcliff rental unit and Alice Springs.

You may be able to start training at your usual haemodialysis units before going to the Nightcliff unit to finish.

After you are trained you may be able to use a self-care dialysis facility in your community.

In the Top End, there are dialysis facilities at:

In Central Australia, there are dialysis facilities at: