Hospital and homecare beds

No. The Assistive Devices Program does not fund hospital or homecare beds. ADP covers wheelchairs, approved mobility scooters and seating. For a bed, the programs that more often apply are ODSP, March of Dimes Canada, WSIB where the need follows a workplace injury, Veterans Affairs, the Interim Federal Health Program and private insurance. We will tell you at the assessment which you are likely to qualify for.

It depends on the frame, the mattress and whether you are buying or renting, and the mattress is often the bigger decision of the two. We give you a written price at the free assessment. We do not publish a range because the honest answer depends on what the person actually needs.

Yes, and for a short or uncertain need it is usually the sensible choice. We rent across the GTA including Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, Vaughan and Markham, deliver and assemble it, and collect when you are finished. If the need turns out to be permanent we can switch you to a purchase and factor in what you have paid.

Often within a day or two, and we can frequently work to a discharge date if you call as soon as you know it. Ring early rather than on the day, because the discharge date is the one thing families always find out at the last minute.

Almost always, because the bed comes apart. Frames arrive in sections and are assembled in the room, so the doorway that matters is the bedroom one, not the width of a made-up bed. We check access at the assessment and tell you if anything is a problem before delivery day.

The mechanism is much the same. The difference is how it looks: a homecare bed has wood-effect head and foot boards and a domestic finish so it reads as furniture, where a standard hospital bed has an exposed metal frame. If the bed is going into a room someone lives in every day, the homecare finish is usually worth it.

It depends on how many hours a day are spent in bed, whether the person can shift their own position, and whether there is any skin breakdown already. Foam suits low risk, gel adds cooling and redistribution, alternating pressure is for higher risk or an existing injury, and hybrid combines the two. We match it at the assessment rather than selling the most expensive option.

Not always, and they are not automatically safer. Full rails can be a hazard for someone who is confused or likely to climb over them. Half rails used as a handhold for turning and rising are what most people actually need. We will talk it through rather than adding rails by default.

Standard frames are rated well above average adult weight, and bariatric frames go considerably higher with a wider sleep surface. Note that the mattress has a rating too, and the lower of the two governs the bed. Tell us the weight at the assessment and we will specify both accordingly.

Yes. Our own technicians deliver, assemble it in the room, fit the mattress and rails, test every function and show whoever is using it how to work the handset. A hospital bed is heavy and arrives in parts, so this is not a job to leave to a courier.

Yes. We supply long term care and retirement facilities across the GTA, including bulk orders and standardised specifications across a floor or a whole home, so staff are not learning a different handset in every room. You deal with the same consultant each time.

Yes, and if transfers are part of the day it is worth planning both together. A floor lift needs clearance under the bed for its legs and room to manoeuvre with someone suspended. We check that at the assessment rather than discovering it on delivery day.