Welcome to our new website
You can now Reserve your Seat for our monthly meeting right here on the website, and it will be emailed to you within minutes.
Reserve your Seat- Roxbury
- Dorchester
- Mattapan
- Hyde Park
You don't have to face kidney disease alone.
We are a free support group for people on dialysis, kidney transplant patients, people living with chronic kidney disease, and the families who care for them. We have been bringing our community together since 1995.
- Free membership
- Led by a dialysis nurse
- Online and in-person meetings
Online on Zoom
Our next Hang-Out
Saturday, November 21
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern
We meet on the third Saturday of every month, online or in person. It is free.
“Come join the Hang-Out. Talk about any topic or issue you have. Share good news and bad news, birthdays, family gatherings and weddings. We're here to bring people with kidney disease together, and to have fun.”
Barbara A. Gibbs, RN, BSNFounder and President
Notices
All noticesComing up
Guest speakers, health days and celebrations for our members and neighbors.
To be announced
Health fair
Community health and screening day
To be announced
Free blood pressure checks and kidney health information for our neighbors. Details coming soon.
See detailsTo be announced
Celebration
Annual member celebration
To be announced
Food, music and good company as we celebrate another year together. Details coming soon.
See detailsTo be announced
Guest speaker
Ask the kidney doctor: guest speaker night
To be announced
Online, during our Zoom meeting
A nephrologist joins our monthly Hang-Out to answer your questions about kidney health, dialysis and transplant.
See detailsNew to kidney disease? Start here.
Four small steps, at your own pace.
Learn how kidneys work
Simple pictures that explain what your kidneys do and what changes with kidney disease.
See the picturesUnderstand your choices
Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplant, explained in plain words.
Compare treatmentsHear from people like you
Patients and families share what helped them through the first months.
Watch their storiesCome to a Hang-Out
Meet others once a month, online or in person. Ask questions, or just listen.
Get the Zoom link
Learn about your kidneys
Plain explanations of the words you'll hear at the doctor's office and the treatment choices you have.
Read the kidney guideHear from other patients
Stories and interviews from people who have lived through dialysis and transplant.
Watch Patient VoicesMeet the people behind RDMH
How a dialysis nurse's letters to Boston's doctors in 1994 grew into a community group.
Read our historyAfrican Americans are more likely to develop kidney disease because of diabetes and high blood pressure.
Early screening is the key to prevention. Ask your doctor for a simple blood and urine test.Help us reach more neighbors
Your gift pays for free health screenings, flyers, travel to meetings and scholarships for young people with kidney disease.
Membership is free, and everyone is welcome.
Patients, families, caregivers and neighbors across greater Boston.