www.ehob.com has them for about $70 if you buy two or more. I think. Right now Medicare is paying for my alternating pressure mattress overly and the pump that goes with it. The vendor used is called Apria. If the mattress pad or the pump has a problem... they bring one the very next day. In fact... I could hear a tiny leak in my air mattress several days ago but the baffles were not completely flat. But with the Memorial Day weekend coming up... I called them yesterday to tell them I needed a replacement pad and just now they delivered it to the door. Medicare pays 80% and we paid something like $14 a month or something. I would have to ask my husband.
Lori Michaelson Age - 43 C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.surfmed.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=218 > > http://www.discountmobilityusa.com/pressure_mattress.htm > > Here are two beds I found on Google. Too many for me so you do the search. > I used "PRESSURE MATTRESS". > > Mattresses or overlays are from $100 to $900. Good luck... > > Merrill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tod E. Santee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:39 PM > To: [email protected]; Debbie Hamilton > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Purchasing an air mattress > > Debbie, > > Here in Tucson there are places that deal in very low cost rentals of > equipment donated to them by people who no longer use them or whose family > members have since recovered or passed away. I first learned of them > through our non-profit community food bank. If your community has a > low-income food bank or similar volunteer organization they might be your > best bet for beginning a search. > > As an example, two years ago I was able to rent an electric hospital bed > frame plus a low air loss matress for a total of $120/mo. It was a $5000 > air matress, hardly used at all. Not long after I finished renting it > (they > clean & service between users) they sold it for less than $800. > > Good luck in your search! > > Regards, > --Tod > ---- Debbie Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been fighting pressure sores and my home health agency has > acquired > an air mattress with a pump. It's called a low leak mattress by drive > medical. It really isn't anything special. I'm doing a 70/30 rental split > with Medicare. My monthly fee is $270. That's outrageous. They're > getting > over $900 a month just to rent me this mattress. I asked the company how > much it would cost for me to buy one outright. They said after they had > received approximately $14,000 in rental fees I would own the mattress. > What an absolute joke! So I'm going to try to find an air mattress to buy > and thought maybe someone on the list could help me. There's got to be > some > used ones out there or something way cheaper that would still help with > pressure sores. > > > > > > Debbie > > C4 incomplete/April 2005 > > > > > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
