Family dynamics are the patterns of relating, or interactions, between family members. Each family system and its dynamics are unique, although there are some common patterns. All families have some helpful and some unhelpful dynamics.
According to USRDS data from. 2006,nearlyonehalfofincidentdialysispatientsin. the United States are senior citizens, with the me-. dian age at dialysis initiation at 64.4 yr old.1 Fur-. thermore,theelderlyarethefastest-growinggroup. of incident dialysis patients, meaning that this me-.
While we do have some patients that live 30+ years with ESRD, there are also many that die within the first few weeks after starting dialysis. This is time from 2728 completion to death date. The most recent data they cite was through 2001 and 5 year survival rate was only 0.35.