100 patients requiring dialysis were trained between 1970 and 1975. Up to 31. 12. 1975, 56 patients were on home dialysis, 10 on the self-care program and 6 were freshly trained. Training usually lasts 8 weeks. The training course is briefly presented and the supervision of home dialysis patients after discharge from training is described. The possibility of vacation plays an important role in social rehabilitation. Since the spring of 1976, the hospital has operated a camping dialysis bus, the use of which is reported.