If you are looking for a free mattress for seniors, you are in the right place! Below you will find various programs that can help you in getting a free mattress.
Free Mattress for Seniors – Charities
Goodwill home medical equipment (NJ, PA)
Our inventory changes daily and includes wheelchairs (both power and manual), pediatric wheelchairs, walkers, portable ramps, lift chairs, hospital beds, bariatric hospital beds, canes, crutches, bath and shower items, and MUCH more. We also offer new affordable medical items including incontinence, wound care, and ostomy products. All items are sold at drastically reduced costs—translating into huge savings on items that are often not fully covered by health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Chosen – Durable Home Healthcare (Pennsylvania)
Chosen serves as a distribution center for home health care items in the Erie, PA region. We receive gently used equipment and new supply items such as wheelchairs, walkers, transfer benches, shower chairs, bed canes, and unexpired diabetic supplies.
The Avon Grove Lions Club Hospital Equipment Program
The Avon Grove Lions Club Hospital Equipment Program was started by Lion Gene McDowell in 1987 with equipment that was given to our club by the Newark, Del. Lions Club. They gave us a few manual hospital beds, a couple of wheelchairs, commodes, and walkers. Since the beginning of the program, we have accumulated a much greater variety of equipment, which we loan to anyone in the community who has a need. There is no charge for the equipment, but we do accept donations, which helps us to maintain a supply of equipment.
ALS Association
ALS Association provides DME equipment including mattresses. For example, the ALS Arizona chapter provides equipment that includes, but is not limited to, wheelchairs (manual and electric), transport chairs, hospital beds, canes, walkers, pressure mattresses, lifts, respiratory support devices, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), etc. Find your local chapter here.
Compassionate Care ALS – Equipment (MA)
CCALS provides new equipment, in addition to equipment that was donated and refurbished. The items we offer include; wheelchairs, ramps, bath chairs, mattresses, voice amplifiers, speech augmentative equipment, and communication boards. CCALS receives more than $500,000 annually in donated durable goods. We maintain a number of storage facilities where we refurbish and keep this equipment until a family needs it.
Devices 4 The Disabled (IL)
Devices 4 The Disabled refurbish used medical equipment that otherwise would end up in landfills. They provide it for free to those who need it most: those without insurance, who are underinsured or lack the finances to purchase the equipment they desperately need. Some of the equipment they routinely have include recline shower chair, Bath bench, Commode shower chair, Hospital bed, Standard mattress for hospital bed, Gel mattress for hospital bed, and more.
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (SC)
FODAC gives adults and children with disabilities in need the home medical equipment necessary for an enhanced quality of life. Some of the equipment they provide includes Wheelchairs, Standers, Strollers, Corner chairs, Gait trainers, Shower supports, Toilet supports Therapy aides, Specialized mattresses, and more.
Chosen (PA)
Chosen serves as a distribution center for home health care items in the Erie, PA region. We receive gently used equipment and new supply items such as wheelchairs, walkers, transfer benches, shower chairs, mattresses, bed canes, and unexpired diabetic supplies.
Free Mattress for Seniors – Veterans
Arizona Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Arizona Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America champions and honors veterans of the United States of America by taking action to improve the lives of U.S. military veterans. Their equipment donation program provides various durable medical equipment and medical supplies including mattresses.
Free Mattress for Seniors – Furniture Banks
Many furniture banks provide mattresses, for example:
Furniture Share
Furniture Share (OR) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been in operation since 1998. They provide services to those in transition to promote self-help and self-sustainability, giving children, families, and individuals a sense of belonging and self-worth within our community. They accept donations of Mattresses & Box springs and distribute them to people who need them.
Parker Street Food & Furniture
Parker Street Food & Furniture provides furniture such as couches, beds, tables, mattresses, chairs, etc. free of charge to any family with proven need, however, a delivery charge may apply. All orders are subject to availability. If the furniture you require is not in stock, wait lists are available.
The Barnabas Network (NC)
The Barnabas Network (NC) is a nonprofit furniture bank. We gather new and gently-used furniture from around the community and we give it, at no cost, to qualified families and individuals on the path to self-sufficiency.
Furniture Bank Arizona
Furniture Bank Arizona is a Phoenix-based 501c3 Non-profit Public Charity founded in 2012 to assist the less fortunate in moving into housing by providing furniture and household items. The charity is no longer accepting donated furniture and furnishings, however, they can now supply clients with new furniture and furnishings at much less cost to us.
Compassion Furniture Bank (OH)
Compassion Furniture Bank (OH) collects gently used furniture from generous people donors in the community. The bank then inspects and cleans the furniture before delivering it to individuals and families in need in Fairfield and Pickaway Counties. Furniture Acceptes Beds, Bunkbeds, Daybeds, Box Springs, Mattresses (all sizes except king), Chairs, Recliners, Couches, Loveseats, Dressers, Nightstands, and more.
New Lift Furniture Bank
New Lift Furniture Bank (MA) is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that accepts furniture and household items and makes them available at no charge to those in need through referring agencies. They accept Full and Queen Size Mattresses & Box Springs and donate them to people.
Dallas Furniture Bank
Dallas Furniture Bank’s ultimate mission is to provide donated furniture to families coming out of homelessness and poverty. They accept Coffee Tables / End Tables, Dining Room tables & Chairs, Mattresses / Box Springs, and other furniture and provide to all areas of Dallas County and beyond.
Fresh Start Furniture Bank
Fresh Start Furniture Bank is a volunteer-run charity that helps restore hope, dignity, and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture and housewares, for free, to people in need. They accept donations of Mattresses and Box-springs and are given, for free, to families in need.
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta’s mission is to create stability for families and individuals in need by distributing donated furniture to turn their houses into homes. Clients are given individual appointments in which they are able to select all the furniture they need including beds, dressers, couches, tables, mattresses, and chairs.
New Life Furniture Bank
New Life Furniture Bank provides whole house furniture to people in need. Its mission is to turn an empty house or apartment into a home by providing basic furniture and household items. In order to do this, we have an ongoing need for gently used furniture. Their pickup service is reserved for core furniture that our clients need: mattress/box springs, sofa/loveseat, living room chair/recliner, dresser, and kitchen/dining table/chairs.
Find a furniture bank in your area to see if they provide you with a free mattress.
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