Patient Education | May 2019
Vocational Rehabilitation
The ESRD Network of New York makes continuous efforts to ensure that ESRD patients are receiving the highest quality of care possible. The Network's efforts include the improvement of patients' independence, quality of life and rehabilitation. Vocational Rehabilitation services are offered to individuals with disabilities. These services were created to enable participants to attain the necessary skills, and resources, to obtain and maintain employment. 

The Network employs a variety of strategies to help assist your dialysis facility in promoting vocational rehabilitation including:
  • Statewide quality improvement projects to increase referral and utilization of vocational rehabilitation services
  • Providing educational resources to promote job-training or re-training, employment counseling and/or placement services
  • Conducting timely on-going patient assessments during care planning
Ticket to Work Program
Social Security’s Ticket to Work program supports career development for Social Security disability beneficiaries age 18 through 64 who want to work. The Ticket program is free and voluntary. The Ticket program helps people with disabilities progress toward financial independence. (1)
Social Security Administration. Timely Progress Review (TPR). About - Ticket to Work - Social Security. https://choosework.ssa.gov/about/index.html. Published 2017. Accessed May 17, 2019.
Definitely Yes! Going to School, Working and Traveling
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has created a booklet that recognizes all the adjustments that patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) have made to accommodate dialysis treatment. This booklet provides information on how home dialysis can allow ESRD patients to retain a level of normalcy in their lives while adhering to the prescribed dialysis treatment.  
The ESRD Network of New York (Network 2) is one of 18 different Networks throughout the United States. Network 2 is made up of over 300 dialysis facilities and covers over 30,000 ESRD patients residing in New York state.