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-.
A growing number of elderly Americans with ESRD are starting dialysis, and nursing home residents account for 4% of new ESRD patients and 11% of new ESRD patients over the age of 70. The benefits of dialysis in such patients are uncertain, Tamura and colleagues wrote.