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Help paying for equipment

Funding programs in Prince Edward Island 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 Prince Edward Island 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 Prince Edward Island

  • Listed in its own document

    AccessAbility Supports: technical aids and assistive devices

    • Hospital bed
    • Lift

    Prince Edward Island residents with a disability who are under 65 when they apply.

    The policy gives specialized beds, bed rails and transfer aids as examples of bedroom aids, and ceiling track lifts as an example of a lifting device. It does not name a mattress. It says “medical equipment and/or supplies” are not considered technical aids and assistive devices.

    A health care practitioner must recommend the item and a Supports Coordinator must approve it. Private insurance is used first, and a contribution based on income may apply.

    Official source: princeedwardisland.caRevised July 31, 2026Checked November 11, 2026

  • Listed in its own document

    Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

    Workers in Prince Edward Island with a work-related injury.

    The policy says “special equipment” that helps with daily activities such as transfers will be considered case by case. It does not name a mattress, a hospital bed or a lift.

    Special equipment must be pre-approved by the WCB and recommended by a health care provider.

    Official source: wcb.pe.caChecked November 11, 2026

Worth asking in Prince Edward Island

  • Worth asking

    Easter Seals PEI: CIBC Accessibility Grants

    Islanders aged 14 and younger who need an assistive device.

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

    Official source: eastersealspei.orgChecked November 12, 2026

  • Worth asking

    Auto insurance accident benefits (Section B) in Prince Edward Island

    Insured persons injured in an automobile accident under a Prince Edward Island auto policy.

    The Insurance Act names no equipment. It covers “services and supplies” that both the person’s 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: princeedwardisland.caInsurance Act, Schedule B; consolidation current to May 29, 2026Checked November 12, 2026

Canada-wide programs that also apply in Prince Edward Island

Details for each are under Canada-wide programs.

Long-term care in Prince Edward Island

  • Listed in its own document

    Care homes in Prince Edward Island: what is included

    • Lift

    People who qualify for long-term care in Prince Edward Island and live in a public manor or a private nursing home.

    A 2019 provincial fact sheet says basic health care services, at no additional charge, include supplies and equipment necessary for care, including the management of skin care, and equipment for the general use of residents such as mechanical lifts. It says bedding, including mattresses, is part of the accommodation package. It does not name a pressure mattress. We did not find a newer document.

    Official source: princeedwardisland.caFact sheet, 2019Checked November 11, 2026

Other help with costs in Prince Edward Island: 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

    Philae Shriners: transportation assistance

    Children up to 18 in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island who must travel for treatment at the IWK or the Nova Scotia Rehab Centre for certain conditions.

    Official source: philaeshriners.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 Prince Edward Island: 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.