High Desert Kidney Hope Case Study

The community service organization that I chose was High Desert Kidney Hope. This organization is there to help the people that have kidney disease. They don’t only help the person with the disease but the family as well. Their mission statement is “Our Mission is to improve the quality of life for kidney patients and their families both through individual grants to meet basic needs as well as through educating the High Desert community about kidney disease and the needs of these individuals. We are residents of the High Desert who have worked with many kidney failure patients. We have observed an ever growing need as our government health care and social service agencies are overwhelmed and cutting benefits.” (Gray Space Design., 2015)
They use to be located in Hesperia and ended up moving to Apple Valley just last year. They are located in 12860 Yorkshire Dr. Apple Valley, CA 92308. They are two ways you can get in contact with them. You can call (760)948-HOPE (4673) or email
Most of this people might not have health coverage, if they do the insurance don’t pay all treatment. Some insurance to cover for treatment but don’t have a support team to help the patient to go through this disease. Where if the patient has questions or feel supported other than the family. One of the major factors to kidney disease would be Diabetes and High Cholesterol.
Which are what it’s more common in people especially with the type of living up here? It’s always in a rush you don’t get to eat healthy at all. It’s get up rush to take the kids off to school then go to work at non you get your brunch. Then back to work and you get a break and it’s the bad choices in snacks. Get off of work either you buy take outs or cook something that the kids will eat which is sometimes unhealthy. A healthy diet is important so this people don’t get worse in time. There are five stages to Kidney