NYAKC Social Worker Services Learning how to manage your life with dialysis can be overwhelming at first, but it is still possible to thrive. Our social workers provide a broad range of services, including: Coordination of Resources and Referrals Facilitation of community agency referrals, such as home care services and physical, occupational, or speech therapies Providing information and referrals (including candidacy for kidney transplant, home dialysis, and peritoneal dialysis) Coordinating dialysis with patients’ work schedules or vocational rehabilitation Assisting with travel or transient treatment arrangements Assisting with resource needs, including finances, living arrangements, and transportation Counseling and Advocacy Advocacy on patients’ behalf within the setting and with appropriate local, state and federal agencies and programs Aiding patients in adjusting to chronic illness and treatment as they relate to the patients’ quality of life Providing counseling and/or referrals for physical, sexual, and emotional relationship problems Educational, vocational, and activity of daily living problems Conflict resolution Problems related to treatment options and setting transfers Decision making with regard to advance directives and end of life concerns New York Artificial Kidney Center 2701 Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235 (718) 769-4100 nyakcopening@gmail.com About The Center Center of Excellence Medical Director Affiliations Quality Indicators Patient Satisfaction Careers Patient Information In-Center Dialysis Social Worker Services Nutritional Counseling Vascular Access Services Kidney Transplant Services Helpful Links Contact Us Copyright © 2011-2020 New York Artificial Kidney Center. All rights reserved.