Phase one of the study, developed by Indiana University's Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Center, placed nurses in the state's nursing homes who were trained to recognize problems in geriatric patients before they turn into full-blown issues that require hospitalization.

There are an estimated 5,500 undocumented immigrants in the United States who have been diagnosed with kidney failure.

The experimental prevention program would be the first of it's kind to receive Medicare coverage.