Patient And Family Counselling

Living with acute and chronic kidney disease (CKD) can often be challenging and distressing for a patient and its loved ones, especially when the disease is progressing and the patient is advised to go on dialysis.  We at BLK understand what you are going through and provide you with compassionate care to help you improve your quality of life.

Our mission is to provide our patients and families with the support, coping techniques and interventions within an interdisciplinary context that help them regain a sense of well-being.  We recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for a patient dealing with a serious illness. Thus we offer patient and family counselling services to help them manage and cope with the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Patient And Family Counselling
Our professional counsellors — urologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers — can help Kidney patients and their families to cope up with various kidney disease experiences like

• Shock after diagnosis
• Kidney donation and its implications
• Feeling anxious or depressed
• Understanding your kidney problem
• Emotional or relationship difficulties that a patient can face brought by illness
• Sexual difficulties
• Worrying about treatment outcomes
• Keeping up with the treatment regime
• Difficulty in deciding the right treatment option
• The stress of adjusting with treatment

Many patients and families find it that talking to a counsellor has provided them mental support and help them cope up with the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Our patient and family counselling services are available for you during your stay in the hospital as well as when you are at home.