Check your local Senior Service Center they may have a lending closet. Facebook Marketplace is another option. Getting the bed might not be the difficult part but getting a mattress. Many places will take the bed but no one wants to accept a used mattress. A Hospital bed if medically necessary will generally be covered by insurance the doctor needs to write an order for it (like a prescription). While most places that have hospital beds will rent them they do sell them as well.
If this is a medical necessity either for the person that is going to be using it or for the safety or either person the patients doctor can write an order for a hospital bed and it will be covered by insurance.
If you find one on Facebook marketplace chances are it will NOT have a mattress. Most places that would normally take used medical equipment will not take a bed because they can not take a used mattress.
Check with your local Senior Center they may have a bulletin board where people can post things like this.
If the person is eligible for Hospice then Hospice will provide one along with all the other equipment that would be needed.
Kee.p looking until you find an all electric one you’ll be glad you did. As JoAnn mentioned with a prescription from your doctor straight Medicare rental is $25.00 a month for all electric for a year after which you own it. Don’t know about advantage plans. Good luck.
Likely you will have to find / network with a person who died. This may sound creepy, however no one / organization will take a recyced bed such as: (GoodWill / health equipment recycling, etc. will take beds). Perhaps contact retirement homes - where people need to purchase their own to let family members know of your interest. Families emptying apartments will be VERY HAPPY to hear from you as they would otherwise need to dump and pay a person to take to the dump and then the dumping fees.
Facebook Marketplace is another option.
Getting the bed might not be the difficult part but getting a mattress. Many places will take the bed but no one wants to accept a used mattress.
A Hospital bed if medically necessary will generally be covered by insurance the doctor needs to write an order for it (like a prescription). While most places that have hospital beds will rent them they do sell them as well.
If you find one on Facebook marketplace chances are it will NOT have a mattress. Most places that would normally take used medical equipment will not take a bed because they can not take a used mattress.
Check with your local Senior Center they may have a bulletin board where people can post things like this.
If the person is eligible for Hospice then Hospice will provide one along with all the other equipment that would be needed.
This may sound creepy, however no one / organization will take a recyced bed such as: (GoodWill / health equipment recycling, etc. will take beds).
Perhaps contact retirement homes - where people need to purchase their own to let family members know of your interest. Families emptying apartments will be VERY HAPPY to hear from you as they would otherwise need to dump and pay a person to take to the dump and then the dumping fees.
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