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Help paying for equipment

Funding programs in New Brunswick for hospital beds, mattresses, lifts and cushions

Before you pay, check the health benefits that cover the person who needs the equipment. Start with where they have worked, and where their spouse or common-law partner has worked. Then ask the programs in New Brunswick about a powered mattress, a hospital bed, a lift and slings, or positioning cushions.

Help paying for equipment: where to startOpen the worksheetWorkplace and retiree plans

How to read this page

We can’t tell you which program will pay. This page shows you where to ask, and what to ask.

It lists programs that help pay for equipment, and the public programs you may need to go through first.

  • Listed in its own document means we read the program’s own page or document. The entry says what it names, in its words where the type matters.
  • Worth asking means the program exists and may help, but we have not established what it covers. The entry gives who it is for and its official link.
  • Other help with costs covers home changes, travel, vehicles, taxes, work and local service clubs. Most of these do not pay for a mattress, a hospital bed, a lift or a cushion.

The labels show the equipment a program’s document names. A program naming a kind of equipment does not mean a particular product is covered: the program decides. A mattress and an overlay are different things, and so are a bed and its mattress, so ask about the exact equipment your clinician recommends.

  • Powered mattress or surface
  • Pressure or therapeutic mattress
  • Mattress overlay
  • Hospital bed
  • Lift
  • Sling
  • Positioning

Private insurance and workplace plans are on their own page: workplace and retiree plans. Start there if the person, or their spouse or common-law partner, has ever had benefits through work.

Programs to ask in New Brunswick

  • Listed in its own document

    Mobility and Adaptive Equipment Loan Program (Social Development)

    • Pressure or therapeutic mattress
    • Hospital bed
    • Lift
    • Sling
    • Positioning

    Clients of the Department of Social Development and their dependents, and “individuals who have special health needs and who qualify for assisted health care under provincial legislation and regulations.”

    The equipment list names hospital beds with rails, “Therapeutic Sleep Surfaces”, patient lifts, portable overhead lifts and slings. It does not say what type a therapeutic sleep surface is. It also names foam wedges and off-loading heel protectors. The department’s current web page names “therapeutic sleep aids and complex ADL positioning” among its equipment categories.

    An occupational therapist or physiotherapist must prescribe the equipment for use at home. There is no cost to eligible clients, but cost limits exist.

    Official source: gnb.caFebruary 1, 2022Checked November 12, 2026

  • Listed in its own document

    WorkSafeNB

    • Hospital bed

    Workers in New Brunswick with a workplace injury claim.

    The policy names “hospital/adjustable beds” as an example of an assistive device that may need an assessment before approval. It does not name a mattress or a lift.

    A WorkSafeNB-approved health care provider must prescribe the device and complete a needs assessment. WorkSafeNB reimburses the cost after approval.

    Official source: worksafenb.caEffective September 23, 2026Checked November 11, 2026

  • Listed in its own document

    Community Aids for Independent Living New Brunswick (CAIL-NB)

    • Pressure or therapeutic mattress
    • Mattress overlay
    • Hospital bed
    • Lift
    • Sling

    New Brunswick residents 19 or older with a medical need who cannot get the equipment through a Social Development health card, another government program, private insurance or their own purchase.

    Its equipment list names hospital beds, including a bariatric bed, a “reactive multi zone therapeutic surface” (one version “with air”), a foam mattress, a mattress topper, floor patient lifts and slings. It does not say whether the surface with air is powered.

    A prescribing health care provider sends the request. The bed, mattresses, lifts and slings need a prescription from a physiotherapist or occupational therapist.

    Official source: the program’s own siteChecked November 12, 2026

Worth asking in New Brunswick

  • Worth asking

    Easter Seals New Brunswick: Personal Services Program

    People in New Brunswick who cannot rent or buy the equipment, have no medical coverage, and cannot get the service from another agency.

    We have not established what it covers. Ask it about the exact equipment your clinician recommends.

    Official source: easterseals.nb.caChecked November 11, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Family Supports for Children with Disabilities

    New Brunswick families of a child with a disability who has unmet needs. Families with the means contribute to the cost.

    We have not established what it covers. Ask it about the exact equipment your clinician recommends.

    Contact the Department of Social Development, then work with a social worker on a family support plan.

    Official source: gnb.caChecked November 12, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Auto insurance accident benefits (Section B) in New Brunswick

    Insured persons injured in an automobile accident under a New Brunswick auto policy.

    The standard policy names no equipment. It covers “other goods and services” that both the attending physician and the insurer’s medical advisor find essential, up to $50,000 within four years. Ask the insurer about the exact equipment your clinician recommends.

    Official source: fcnb.caStandard Owner’s Policy, effective on and after December 18, 2018Checked November 12, 2026

Canada-wide programs that also apply in New Brunswick

Details for each are under Canada-wide programs.

Long-term care in New Brunswick

  • Listed in its own document

    Nursing homes in New Brunswick: care supplies covered by the daily rate

    People living in a nursing home in New Brunswick.

    The province’s standard says each nursing home must list the care supplies included in its daily rate and must not charge the resident for them. The department’s list includes “Pressure Relieving Devices”, which it does not define. A home needs the resident’s written authorization to charge for products that are not on the list.

    Official source: www2.gnb.caNursing Homes Standards Manual, standard A-III-3, last modified October 22, 2020Checked November 11, 2026

Other help with costs in New Brunswick: home changes, travel, taxes and local clubs

Most of these do not pay for a mattress, a hospital bed, a lift or a cushion. A home-adaptation program may name a ceiling lift, and its entry says so. They are here because they can help with other costs of living with a disability.

  • Other help with costs

    Vehicle Retrofit Program

    New Brunswick residents with a physical disability, for accessibility features in a vehicle.

    Official source: gnb.caChecked November 12, 2026

  • Other help with costs

    Rod Harquail Fund

    Dalhousie and eastern Restigouche

    Families of sick or injured children. One grant per family a calendar year.

    Official source: rodharquailfund.comChecked November 12, 2026

Canada-wide: The War Amps, Lions Clubs, Home Accessibility Tax Credit, Excise gasoline tax refund, Enabling Accessibility Fund, On-Reserve Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program, Kin Canada (Kinsmen and Kinette clubs), Knights of Columbus, Disability supports deduction (Canada Revenue Agency), GST/HST on medical and assistive devices (Canada Revenue Agency), Disability tax credit (Canada Revenue Agency), Canada Disability Benefit, Canada Pension Plan disability benefit, Hope Air, Canadian Cancer Society: travel and lodging help.

Private insurance in New Brunswick: see workplace and retiree plans, which also covers the insurers.

If a program is missing

This list is not complete. If a program is missing, ask your clinician or your local home and community care service which programs apply, and ask each one the same three questions.

Back to help paying for equipment, for the three questions, the question to copy and the worksheet.

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