Financial Assistance & Equipment Sourcing

EI caregiving benefits provide financial assistance while you’re away from work to care for or support a critically ill or injured person or someone needing end-of-life care.

To learn more about the 3 different types of caregiving benefits please visit the Government of Canada’s EI Caregiving Benefits website.

The Home Oxygen Program is available to eligible Nova Scotians through the Department of Seniors and long-term Care. This program funds oxygen equipment such as oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen tanks and other related supplies.

View the list of designated physicians here.

To learn more about this program visit the Home Oxygen Program website or call Continuing Care at 1.800.225.7225

The Personal Alert Assistance Program provides financial assistance to eligible, low-income seniors over the age of 65, and to Nova Scotians age 19 years or older living with an acquired brain injury.

The program provides up to $480/year to reimburse for the purchase of a personal alert assistance service.

To find out if you are eligible or to learn more about this program , please visit the Personal Alert Assistance Program website, or call Continuing Care at 1.800.225.7225.

The Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP), also known as the Community Bed Loan Program, provides hospital-type beds to eligible Nova Scotians who need specialized beds in their homes.

To find out if you are eligible or to learn more about this program, please visit the HELP website or call Continuing Care at 1.800.225.7225.

The Seniors Community Wheelchair Loan Program provides new and recycled wheelchairs (manual and/or electric) to eligible residents of Nova Scotia to support them in their homes and communities.

To find out if you are eligible or to learn more about this program, please visit the Seniors Community Wheelchair Loan Program website or call Continuing Care at 1.800.225.7225.

The Bed Loan Program provides loans of home-use hospital beds to Nova Scotia residents with delivery, pick up and installation provided.

To learn more visit the Red Cross Bed Loan website or contact the Bridgewater Red Cross Service Center at:

Phone: 1.888.496.0103
42 Glen Allan Drive
Bridgewater, NS B4V 3N2

The Canadian Red Cross Short Term Health Equipment Loan Program allows people to return home from hospital earlier and gives independence and dignity to those in palliative care. Individuals can receive aids such as:

  • wheelchairs
  • walkers
  • bath seats
  • benches
  • commodes and toilet seats
  • crutches and canes
  • bed handles
  • other durable medical equipment

To learn more visit the Red Cross Short Term Loan Program website or contact the Bridgewater Red Cross Service Center at:

Phone: 902.543.8565
42 Glen Allan Drive
Bridgewater, NS B4V 3N2

To learn more visit the Red Cross Short Specialized Equipment Program website or contact the Bridgewater Service Centre Specialized Equipment Program at:

Phone: 902.543.8565
42 Glen Allan Drive
Bridgewater, NS B4V 3N2

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