National Kidney Foundation of Utah

Patient Services - provides financial assistance with the goal to lighten the burden and improve the quality of life of kidney patients through such services as the following: 1 - emergency financial assistance to pay for rent, utilities, transportion, medications, doctor bills, etc. 2 - patient education scholarships to help patients achieve financial self-sufficiency 3 - patient medical alert jewelry supplies 4 - dialysis and transplant patient recreational camps 5 - life-sustaining transportation to and from dialysis treatment 6 - nutritional supplements distributed to patients free of charge 7 - patient support groups and patient and doctor question and answer conferences

Professional Education and Community Services - provides medical education programs to deliver practice guidelines, materials for implementation, and conferences that put state-of-the-art information about kidney disease prevention and treatment into the hands of healthcare professionals.