Medical Equipment Rentals in Downtown Calgary

Going home to Downtown Calgary

Coming home to a downtown condo after a stay at Foothills, Peter Lougheed or Rockyview means a short drive and a long list of building logistics. The hospital sets the discharge date, often with little notice, and the condo corporation decides when the service elevator is free. Call us as soon as a date is mentioned, and in the same hour ask your property manager or concierge what a delivery needs. Many buildings want the service elevator booked in advance, limit the hours for moving large items, and some charge a fee or hold a deposit. With that answer we can aim for a slot that works, so the bed is built and tested before the patient walks in. Same-day delivery is often possible when the equipment is in stock and you call early.

Care at home does not stop at the lobby. Palliative Home Care in urban Calgary is delivered in a person’s home, apartment or lodge, and it includes assessment and education for equipment needs. Calgary Zone Home Care takes referrals through Community Care Access; anyone can refer, provided the person agrees, and the professional and personal care services carry no fee, although equipment and supplies may. If a nurse or occupational therapist has written down what the suite needs, read it to us when you book. We are an independent rental company, not part of any hospital or health agency, so clinical choices stay with that team.

Homes here, and what fits in them

The housing figures leave no doubt. In the City’s 2019 civic census, 99% of dwellings in the Downtown Commercial Core, Chinatown and East Village were apartments, as were 97% in Eau Claire and the Beltline and 95% in Mission. So the questions that decide a downtown delivery are about the building: where the loading dock is, how long the service elevator is, how far the walk is from the elevator to the suite, and how wide the bedroom door is. A full-electric hospital bed travels as a head end, foot end, deck and motor, so no single piece is the size of the finished bed. A lift chair can be the bulkiest item we bring up, so mention any tight corner in the hallway.

Floor space inside the suite is the other limit. A hospital bed needs one long side clear for a caregiver, and a patient lift needs more. The Invacare Reliant 450 has a base 48 inches long that opens from 26.5 to 41 inches wide and rolls under the bed on legs about 4.5 inches high, so a platform bed or storage bed with no gap underneath will not work with it. In a one-bedroom unit that often means moving a dresser out, or setting the bed up in the living room where the floor is open and the bathroom is close. Most suites have no front steps at all, but a raised sill at a balcony slider or bathroom doorway can still stop a wheelchair or walker. The houses of Ramsay and the handful in Cliff Bungalow and Sunnyside are where an entry ramp comes into it.