Delivering to High River
Hospital Bed, Lift Chair and Ramp Rental in High River
Nearly one in four High River residents is 65 or older: 24.7% in the 2021 census, or 3,530 people. The town also has its own hospital, High River General, about a kilometre from downtown, with an emergency department, surgical beds and a community cancer centre inside. So when someone here needs equipment at home, the hospital stay may have been a few blocks away rather than an hour up the highway.
Our trip is the long one. High River is about 65 km and 53 minutes from our downtown Calgary address, among the farthest places we deliver. We make that drive with a hospital bed, lift chair, patient lift or ramp on board, set it up in your home and explain it, then return for it when the rental ends. The more notice you can give us, the better we can match a local discharge.
Coming home from
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High River General Hospital
At 560 9 Avenue SW, about a kilometre from the town centre. Its emergency department is always open, and it lists inpatient general surgery, a Community Seating Clinic, community physiotherapy and continuing care services.
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High River Community Cancer Centre
Inside High River General Hospital, so treatment can happen close to home. Patients here sometimes need a bed or pressure care during treatment, as their care team advises.
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Oilfields General Hospital
About 40 km or 33 minutes west in Diamond Valley, another hospital with an emergency department that never closes.
Going home to High River
A discharge from High River General is a short trip home for the patient and a long one for us. The hospital is minutes from most addresses in town, but our crew drives down from Calgary. The best way to close that gap is to phone the day the care team names a discharge date, even a tentative one, and tell us what they have recommended. A bed or lift delivered the afternoon before is far calmer than one that arrives while the family is already helping someone through the door. If the equipment is in stock, a same-day delivery is sometimes possible when you call early in the morning.
High River General lists transition services for patients leaving acute care, which is the team to ask about home care before the discharge. Community Care Access is the central intake for Calgary Zone Home Care, and anyone may make a referral with the person’s agreement. If the recommendation involves a wheelchair or special seating, the hospital’s Community Seating Clinic is the local place for that assessment; we rent the beds, lifts, chairs and ramps that go around it.
Homes here, and what fits in them
High River’s housing is more varied than most towns we serve. Half of occupied homes in 2021 were single-detached, 18% were semi-detached (the highest share of any area on our list), 13% were row houses and 13% were apartments under five storeys. Semis and row houses often mean a narrower footprint, a staircase close to the front door and bedrooms on a different floor from the kitchen. For a hospital bed, measure the main-floor room you would use, the doorway into it and the path from the entry, so we can confirm the fit before the drive down.
The census also counted 275 movable dwellings in High River, 4.8% of homes. Manufactured and mobile homes usually sit above the ground, with steps up to the door, and their hallways and bedroom doors can be tighter than in a site-built house. A modular aluminum ramp is often the answer at the entrance, but measure the full rise from the ground to the top of the threshold. Inside, tell us the narrowest doorway on the route to the bedroom before we choose between a full-size bed and a lift chair.
Most requested in High River
Infinite-Position Power Lift Chairs
For an older adult in a semi or row house, a lift chair on the main floor makes getting up easier without moving a bed downstairs.
$250–$350/mo
Full-Electric Hospital Beds
After surgery or a medical stay at High River General, a bed that adjusts in height and position makes the first weeks at home easier on both patient and carer.
$375–$495/mo
Modular Aluminum Home Entry Ramps
Manufactured homes sit up off the ground, and a modular ramp with a platform at the door covers those entry steps on base feet, with nothing dug or poured.
$320–$500/mo
Alternating Pressure Air Mattresses & Overlays
When someone in treatment is spending long hours in bed, the care team may suggest an alternating pressure mattress, which we deliver with or without the bed.
$220–$320/mo
Discharge coming up
Coming home from hospital in the next day or two?
Phone us with the discharge date and what the care team has recommended. We book delivery to arrive before the patient does, whether they are leaving High River General Hospital. Same-day delivery depends on stock and the time you call, so the earlier the better.
Nearby areas we deliver to
Equipment rentals in High River: questions
Can you meet a discharge from High River General Hospital?
Is there a delivery charge to High River?
We live in a manufactured home. Will a hospital bed fit?
Do I need a permit for a rental ramp in High River?
Do you rent wheelchairs in High River?
Book a rental delivered to High River
Tell us the address, the date and what the care team recommended. We confirm stock, the monthly rate and a delivery window by phone.