Social workers bridge gaps in kidney care and community support

With the first anniversary of the California wildfires, Dr. Abilene Alcantara (above), a licensed clinical social worker at the DaVita Eaton Canyon facility, reflects on a time when her patients needed more than medical care; they needed stability, reassurance and support. During the wildfires, people living with chronic health conditions still required uninterrupted treatment, even as their communities faced uncertainty and loss.