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Living with kidney disease can feel overwhelming, isolating, and difficult to explain to people who have not experienced it. The Marshall Kidney Peer Support Program connects kidney patients, caregivers, transplant recipients, living donors, and family members with someone who understands many of the challenges they may be facing.
Peer support offers a safe and encouraging opportunity to talk with another person who has personal experience with kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, caregiving, or living kidney donation.
You Are Not Alone
Sometimes it helps to speak with someone who understands the appointments, treatments, uncertainty, lifestyle changes, and emotional stress that can come with kidney disease.
A peer mentor can listen, share personal experiences, offer encouragement, and help participants feel less alone during their kidney journey.
Who May Request Peer Support?
Peer support may be helpful for:
- People recently diagnosed with kidney disease
- Individuals preparing for or receiving dialysis
- Patients considering or waiting for a kidney transplant
- Kidney transplant recipients
- Living kidney donors or people considering donation
- Caregivers and family members
- People experiencing fear, stress, isolation, or uncertainty related to kidney disease
How the Program Works
1. Request Support
Complete the peer-support request form and tell us a little about your situation and the type of support you are seeking.
2. Review and Matching
The Marshall Kidney Foundation will review your request and work to connect you with a peer mentor whose experience may relate to your needs.
3. Connect
When an appropriate match is available, the participant and mentor may connect by telephone, video call, or another approved communication method.
What Peer Mentors Provide
Peer mentors may provide:
- A listening and understanding ear
- Emotional encouragement
- Personal experiences and practical insight
- General information about living with kidney disease
- Support for caregivers and family members
- Encouragement to communicate with healthcare professionals
Peer mentors do not diagnose medical conditions, recommend treatments, interpret test results, or replace doctors, nurses, social workers, mental-health professionals, or other licensed providers.
Confidentiality and Respect
The Marshall Kidney Foundation expects all participants and mentors to communicate respectfully and protect personal information shared during peer-support conversations.
While reasonable steps will be taken to protect privacy, participants should avoid sharing Social Security numbers, financial account information, passwords, medical record numbers, or other highly sensitive personal information.
Request Peer Support
Would you like to speak with someone who understands the kidney journey?
Request Peer Support
Become a Peer Mentor
Have you lived through kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, living donation, or caregiving and want to encourage someone else?
Peer mentors must complete an application, participate in required orientation or training, follow program guidelines, and understand that they may not provide medical advice.
Become a Peer Mentor
Important Notice
The Marshall Kidney Peer Support Program provides emotional and informational support only. It is not a medical, mental-health, emergency, legal, or financial service.
For medical concerns, contact your healthcare provider. For a medical or safety emergency, call 911 or your local emergency service.
