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Delivering to Okotoks

Hospital Bed and Home Care Equipment Rental in Okotoks

Okotoks sits on the Sheep River about 38 km south of downtown Calgary, and it is close to something no other community we serve has nearby: a hospice outside the city. Foothills Country Hospice, on 32nd Street E just north of town, is the only hospice on the Calgary-area list that is not inside Calgary. For families here, the choice between care at home and care in a hospice is a real and local one, and the equipment we rent often sits at the centre of it.

We deliver hospital beds, alternating pressure mattresses, lift chairs, patient lifts and ramps to Okotoks from our downtown Calgary address, a drive of about 41 minutes. The crew sets everything up, walks the family through it and collects it when it is no longer needed. Palliative setups get priority in our schedule.

Coming home from

  • Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre

    At 11 Cimarron Common. Urgent care runs 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, holidays included, and the centre lists a Cast Clinic, orthopedic outpatient services and Home Care. It is not a hospital.

  • South Health Campus

    The nearest emergency department, about 19.6 km or 19 minutes from central Okotoks. It lists a Hip and Knee Clinic and inpatient orthopedic services.

  • High River General Hospital

    About 23 km or 22 minutes south, with a round-the-clock emergency department, general surgery beds and a Community Seating Clinic.

  • Oilfields General Hospital

    About 24 km or 22 minutes west in Diamond Valley. Its emergency department never closes, and it lists Home Care and continuing care services.

Going home to Okotoks

Okotoks sits between three emergency departments, each roughly 20 minutes away, so a family member could come home from South Health Campus in Calgary, from High River General or from Oilfields General. We deliver for all three. The part that takes planning is our side of the trip: the crew drives about 41 minutes from downtown Calgary, and longer at rush hour or on a snowy afternoon. Tell us which hospital, the discharge date and roughly what time the patient is expected home, and we set a window that puts the bed in place first.

Palliative care adds a different kind of timing. Only a palliative home care case manager or a palliative care consultant can refer someone to hospice, families list three or more hospices, and a transfer can happen very quickly once a bed opens. That means a family caring for someone at home in Okotoks may need a bed and pressure mattress today and no longer need them two weeks from now. We rent by the month and collect when the move happens. Home Care is also listed at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre, so ask the care team about a referral if one is not already in place.

Homes here, and what fits in them

Okotoks is a town of houses. In the 2021 census, 78% of occupied homes were single-detached, 9% were apartments under five storeys, 6% were row houses and 5% were semi-detached, and not one home was in a building of five storeys or more. Most of our deliveries here go through a front door or an attached garage into a detached house. The questions that matter are which floor the bedroom is on, how many steps there are at the entry, and whether the room chosen for a hospital bed has space on both sides for carers to work.

Some Okotoks residents live in seniors’ residences instead, such as Sandstone Lodge on Centre Court, The Heartland on Riverside Gate or Tudor Manor on Sandstone Drive. Each residence sets its own rules about bringing in a hospital bed, a lift chair or a patient lift, and about delivery times and room layout. Check with the residence staff before booking. We then plan the delivery around the residence’s instructions and set the equipment up in the suite.

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 Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital or South Health Campus. Same-day delivery depends on stock and the time you call, so the earlier the better.

Equipment rentals in Okotoks: questions

My father lives in Okotoks. Which hospital will he come home from?
It depends on where he is admitted and why. South Health Campus, High River General Hospital and Oilfields General Hospital are all about 20 minutes from central Okotoks, and patients from town can end up at any of them. It makes no difference to us: we deliver to your Okotoks address for a discharge from any of the three, or from another Calgary hospital.
Can we rent a bed for home while we wait for a hospice space?
Yes. A hospital bed and pressure mattress at home can cover the time a hospice referral is in progress. Because transfers can happen quickly once a bed opens, we rent by the month and collect the equipment when the move happens. Phone us the day you know, and we arrange the pickup at a time that suits the family.
How long does delivery to Okotoks take, and is there a charge?
The drive from our downtown address is about 41 minutes, longer in rush hour or bad weather. We confirm any delivery charge for your Okotoks address when you book, along with the monthly rate and a delivery window.
Can you deliver to Sandstone Lodge, The Heartland or Tudor Manor?
We deliver to a person’s home, and that includes a suite in a seniors’ residence, as long as the residence allows the equipment. Speak to the residence staff first about their rules for hospital beds, lifts and delivery times, then give us the contact name and we will plan around it.
Is the Okotoks urgent care open overnight?
No. The urgent care at the Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre runs 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, including statutory holidays. The nearest emergency department outside those hours is South Health Campus, about 19 minutes away. For an emergency, call 911.

Book a rental delivered to Okotoks

Tell us the address, the date and what the care team recommended. We confirm stock, the monthly rate and a delivery window by phone.

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