What common home health care equipment or supplies may I need?
Home health care equipment and supplies include things like:
- bathtub rails
- chair lifts
- wheelchairs
- hospital bed
You can use this equipment at home to help you move around or be more comfortable. You can buy or rent this equipment.
Personal medical alert or alarms provide emergency help for people at home. These alarms usually have an alarm button that you wear on your neck or wrist. There is also a device attached to the telephone line. You would push the alarm to speak to someone in an emergency.
Here is a list of places in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that provide home health care equipment and supplies:
AgTa Home Health Care and Nursing
Phone: 905 760 2482
Amcare Surgical
Sports Medical Equipment
Phone: 416 781 4494
Davisville Home Healthcare
Phone: 416 483 1665
Hunt’s Health Care
Phone: 416 798 1303
Invacare
No Rentals
Phone: 905 890 8300
Medical Mart
Phone: 905 624 2011
MediChair
Sales and rentals
Toll Free: 1 866 483 3255
Medigas
Phone: 416 365 1700
MEDS Kingsway Medical Fitting Services
Phone: 416 239 3566
Red Cross
Rents equipment on a short term basis (usually 3 months). You need a signed referral from your doctor or therapist.
Phone: 416 236 3180
Starkman Surgical Supply Inc.
Phone: 416 534 8411
Silver Cross
Phone: 416 755 1164
Here is a list of places in the greater Toronto area (GTA) that provide personal medical alarm systems:
ADT’s Life Call
Toll-free: 1 800 661 5433
Connect Care
Phone: 905 338 4357
First Call Response System Inc.
Phone main: 416 516 0088
Toll-free: 1 800 361 5550
Phillips Lifeline
Toll-free: 1 866 387 1548
To find other companies and information, use
YellowPages.ca. You can also do a Google search using search words Hospital Equipment and Supplies.
