About Renal Care Planner

Renal Care Planner (RCP) is a dialysis-focused education, treatment-day organization, and support platform built for people receiving in-center hemodialysis and the people helping them.

RCP brings together plain-language education, treatment-day tools, the 90-Day Chairside Companion, My Treatment, and practical support resources so patients have a clearer place to learn, keep track of what matters, prepare questions, and find help outside the clinic.

Why RCP exists

Dialysis can bring a large amount of unfamiliar information into everyday life very quickly: schedules, terminology, equipment, access care, weight and fluid discussions, symptoms, transportation, meals, medications, and new routines.

Renal Care Planner is informed by more than a decade of dialysis experience, including eight years working in hemodialysis patient care and three years in dialysis biomedical equipment support. That experience is used to make the practical side of treatment easier to understand without pretending that general information can replace individualized care.

What you can use here

• Chairside Starter Planner: a four-week printable planner, available now as a $9.99 digital download.
• 90-Day Chairside Companion — available now: a 120-page, spiral-bound, printed-to-order planner for treatment notes, patterns, and care-team questions.
• My Treatment: a digital tool for organizing what happened, what stood out, and what you want to ask next.
• Dialysis Guides: plain-language explanations of treatment, access, symptoms, food and fluid, and everyday life.
• Planning Tools: free checklists, logs, question sheets, and reference pages.
• Dialysis Machine Explorer: an educational look at the parts, values, and concepts patients see from the chair.
• Find Support: practical resources for needs such as meals, transportation, caregivers, and trusted outside help.

The idea behind the planner

The 90-Day Chairside Companion is designed around a simple cycle: Track. Recognize. Prepare. Participate. Capture what happened, notice what keeps coming up, prepare what you want to ask, and bring it back into the conversation with your care team.

The goal is better organization and stronger participation in care—not to create a second medical record or tell anyone how their treatment should be changed.

Who RCP is for

RCP is primarily designed for people receiving in-center hemodialysis and family members or caregivers supporting them. It can be useful when dialysis is new, when a treatment question comes up, or when someone simply wants a more consistent way to keep track of details across the week.

What RCP is not

Renal Care Planner is not a dialysis provider and does not diagnose conditions, interpret personal laboratory results, or set an individual treatment plan. Decisions about target weight, ultrafiltration, treatment time, medications, fluid limits, nutrition targets, machine settings, and other clinical care belong to the patient and the patient’s licensed care team.

RCP may work with selected companies or organizations whose services are relevant to dialysis life. Commercial relationships are disclosed where they matter and do not determine RCP’s clinical explanations.

How information is developed

Clinical information is checked against authoritative sources appropriate to the topic, including government health agencies, recognized kidney-care organizations, clinical guidance, and peer-reviewed literature. Firsthand dialysis experience is used to add practical context and explain what patients may encounter around treatment.

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