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-.
Then, in 1945, a 67-year-old comatose woman regained consciousness following 11 hours of hemodialysis with the dialyzer, and lived for another seven years before dying from an unrelated condition. She was the first-ever patient successfully treated with dialysis.