Continuing with its goal to educate hemodialysis patients about quality care, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation and the Queens-Long Island Renal Institute recently co-hosted a “For Kidney’s Sake” lunch-and-learn event for individuals living with chronic kidney disease, or CKD.
The full-day program provided education about diabetic eye care and vision loss, protein needs and transplantation. The session also offered the perspectives of a CKD patient. In attendance were many Queens Long Island Renal Institute dialysis patients, as well as people from the outside community.
The event had been organized by the lunch’s founder and president, the late Angela L. Davis, who passed away unexpectedly in June.
“We were very honored and impressed by the dedication and passion, that Angela Davis brought on behalf of the dialysis community,” said Georgiene Kenny, a registered nurse and the administrator of Queens-Long Island Renal Institute.
“It gives us great pride to offer services, like the ones that QLIRI provides – onsite, at our facility – that enhances the quality of care for our residents, patients, and their families,” said Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker’s President and CEO.
The lunch and learn event is part of Queens-Long Island Renal Institute’s vast array of services, which includes providing patients with safe, comfortable hemodialysis treatments as well as health education and counseling.
Submitted by The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
