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Community Resources
Programs that pay for or provide necessary in-home hospital equipment, monitoring devices, respiratory aids, prevention kits and other medical supplies that are required by people who want to prevent the transmission of an infectious disease, are coping with the effects of a chronic health condition or disability or are convalescing following surgery or illness. Included are programs that provide medical equipment on a loan basis as well as those that provide equipment that people can keep.
SERVICES: Shelter, Clothing, Food, Advocacy, Community Resources Volunteering: (978) 269-5217 Thrift Store: (978) 557-5449 Shelter 24 hour Line: 978-794-8447 Lazarus House serves the poor, homeless and nearly homeless in the Merrimack Valley by providing a continuum of services including hot meals, emergency food, clothing, shelter, transitional housing, education and work preparation, health services and advocacy….
This is a community-based agency for people who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or late-deafened. It offers a range of services including: advocacy, skills training, information and referral, peer counseling, Title VII, Part B Program to assist with the purchase of assitive technology, communication equipment and ASL classes.
Loaner’s Closet for DME This organization lends durable medical equipment free of charge. Loan closet has no geographic restrictions, but most borrowers come from New Hampshire and the Merrimack Valley. Borrowers will need to pick up the equipment and return it when no longer needed.
This is a website and database that permits descriptive listings of assistive technology items to be entered, edited, searched and removed. It is designed to facilitate simple, easy transactions between Mass residents who can benefit from assistive technology devices and those who have devices they no longer need. It is not for the use of…
This Chapter provides no-cost services to ALS families which include support groups, home visits, insurance counseling, referrals to community resources, durable medical equipment loan closet, education and support. In conjunction with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, it offers a center of excellence, the Curt & Shonda Schilling ALS Clinic located in Burlington, MA that enables…
ICanConnect, also known as the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) whose goal is to ensure that every person with combined hearing and vision loss has access to modern telecommunication tools and the training necessary to use them. The program promoted by iCanConnect provides outreach, assessments, telecommunications technology and training free of charge to those…
This program is through the Grand Lodge of Masons. Various items of durable medical equipment are available for loan. It is expected that those in need will pick up and return the item when it is no longer needed. People may call on Saturday morning to see if an item is available and it will…
This company is a contracted durable medical supply vendor for MassHealth. They sell incontinence supplies, urological/urostomy products, nutritional/feeding products, diabetic supplies, personal care items, and durable medical equipment. It delivers products at no charge and offers an automatic delivery program. Charm Medical Supply staff will assist customers with needed paperwork.
The Alzheimer’s Store provides unique products and information for those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease. There is a variety of products listed including, but not limited to, those dealing with safety, wandering, activities of daily living, incontinence, and memory. Products are arranged by different categories such as “by stage” or “doll and pet therapy”…
This is a statewide program to help residents with disabilities and seniors find, pay for, and use Assistive Technology (AT). The website offers information about: AT products, AT Demonstration Centers, AT funding sources, and where to buy, borrow, swap and sell AT equipment. This is a partnership between MRC and other state human services agencies…