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Help paying for equipment

Funding programs in Newfoundland and Labrador 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 Newfoundland and Labrador 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 Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Listed in its own document

    Special Assistance Program

    People living in the community, not in a long-term care home, who meet the program’s financial criteria.

    The program page lists “mobility and support equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, walkers, commodes)”. It does not name a mattress, a hospital bed or a lift. The province keeps an approved list of equipment, and the item must be on it.

    Contact NL Health Services.

    Official source: gov.nl.caChecked November 11, 2026

  • Listed in its own document

    Income Support

    People who receive Income Support in Newfoundland and Labrador.

    The Income Support manual says medical equipment comes through the Special Assistance Program, with no contribution required from Income Support recipients. Its furniture policy says an “orthopedic mattress” may be considered in very exceptional circumstances. Neither policy mentions a pressure relief mattress, a hospital bed or a lift.

    A prescription or supporting medical documentation is required. The manual says costs already paid cannot be reimbursed.

    Official source: gov.nl.caRevised September 4, 2018Checked November 11, 2026

Worth asking in Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Worth asking

    WorkplaceNL

    Workers injured at work in Newfoundland and Labrador. WorkplaceNL says it provides short and long-term benefits to injured workers.

    Its health care benefits page names “Medical devices, such as hearing aids” and “Home modifications for more serious injuries”, in general terms. Ask your case manager about the equipment your clinician recommends.

    Official source: workplacenl.caChecked November 12, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Special Child Welfare Allowance Program

    Families with a child under 18 living at home who has a physical or intellectual disability; the amount depends on a financial needs test.

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

    Official source: gov.nl.caChecked November 12, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Nunatsiavut Government: Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)

    Labrador Inuit

    Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement. Its own page says who is eligible.

    This page does not restate what the program covers. Ask its NIHB office about the equipment your clinician recommends.

    Read the program’s steps before you order or buy.

    Official source: nunatsiavut.comChecked November 12, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Spinal Cord Injury Newfoundland and Labrador: Quality of Life Program

    People with a mobility disability, or families with such a person at home, who need help with costs.

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

    It first looks for government and other funding and helps with the application.

    Official source: sci-nl.caChecked November 12, 2026

Canada-wide programs that also apply in Newfoundland and Labrador

Details for each are under Canada-wide programs.

Long-term care in Newfoundland and Labrador

We did not find a provincial rule that says what equipment a long-term care home in Newfoundland and Labrador must supply. Ask the home what it provides.

Other help with costs in Newfoundland and Labrador: 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

    Home Modification Program (Newfoundland and Labrador Housing)

    Homeowners with an annual income of $51,500 or less ($65,000 in Labrador) who need accessibility changes to their home.

    Official source: nlhc.nl.caChecked 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 Newfoundland and Labrador: 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.

Already have Evergreen equipment?

For service or repairs, contact the company or care home that supplied it. Worried about the person’s health? Call their nurse or doctor, or 911 in an emergency. Do not wait for a reply from Evergreen.