Most charities will not accept one. We place hospital beds with families who need them, in every state.
Most thrift shops and general charities decline hospital beds. They are heavy, they occupy a great deal of floor space, and the liability attached to used medical equipment is more than a typical donation center will take on. Hospitals and medical suppliers rarely accept them back either. Families are often left with a bed in a spare room and a quote from a moving company as the only apparent way out.
Hospital Bed Exchange exists to give that bed a second use instead. We are a national program of Fair Lawn Gemach Corp, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we operate in every state.
Complete the donation form with your ZIP code and a short description — the size, whether it is manual, semi-electric or fully electric, and its general condition. Photographs help but are not required.
Our team searches for a family within fifty miles of you who has asked for a bed like yours. Where somebody suitable is already waiting, this can move quickly. Where nobody is, your offer stays open until a request appears.
Both sides receive each other's contact details in the same message, so you know who is coming and they know what they are collecting before anything is arranged.
The recipient engages a licensed mover and covers that expense. You are not asked to load the bed, transport it, or pay anything toward the journey.
Nothing. There is no fee to list a bed with us, and the person receiving it is responsible for arranging and funding its removal. Your only obligation is to be available at an agreed time so the bed can be taken away.
Beds should be clean and in working order. Anything with a broken motor, a bent frame or significant damage is unlikely to find a home, and we would rather tell you that at the outset than leave your offer sitting unanswered.
Equipment passes directly from the household giving it to the household receiving it. Our organization never takes possession, stores nothing, and resells nothing. That structure is what allows us to run the service across the country without warehousing, and it is why the two parties speak to each other directly once matched.
We cannot promise a match on any particular timetable. Placement depends entirely on whether somebody within fifty miles has asked for the kind of bed you are offering, and in some regions that wait is long. Should you need the space cleared by a fixed date, please say so on the form and we will tell you plainly whether we are likely to manage it.
The form takes about two minutes. Donate a hospital bed, or read how the matching process works in more detail first. If you would prefer to speak to somebody, contact us and we will answer.