Caregivers and the Loaner’s Closet are relocated at 1 B Commons Drive #10 Londonderry, NH 03053. Do You Arrange to Pickup Donated Items? What we Require from Borrowers How We Are Funded What the Closet Looks Like What You Can Borrow How We Deal with & Accept Large Items How We Handle Disposable/Consumable Items What We Are Not Allowed to Stock or Distribute What if I Break a Piece of Equipment on Loan to Me? Are donations Tax Deductible? Join our Mailing List Other Equipment Resources if We Do Not Have What You Need The Loaner’s Closet was started in 2003 when we saw the need, among the low-income elderly and disabled individuals we serve, for common medical items that they could not afford or were not readily available to them.  And because we work with the elderly and disabled, we were often offered used medical equipment by former clients and their families when that equipment was no longer needed.   The Closet,  which started as a small collection in our back office, moved to a vacant room upstairs in 2004 and then to its present home in a larger room in the same building in 2009.

We currently have nearly 5,000 pieces of equipment available or out on loan.wheelchair van rental new zealand Our biggest sources of equipment are deceased individuals and their families. wheelchair van for sale houstonWe also receive equipment from estate sales, adult daycare facilities, nursing homes, retail stores and thrift stores.zero gravity chair true value Do you arrange to pickup donated items?stokke high chair natural Please call the office directly, 432-0877, to find out if we are able to pick up the items you would like to donate.  blow up chairs tesco

We handle requests on a case-by-case basis depending on the need of the particular item(s), availability and distance from office, flexibility and amount.  computer chair for sale olxPlease do not assume we can pick up items unless you speak to a staff member.ron arad chair designs We loan out equipment primarily to individuals. cheap plastic adirondack chairs home depotWe also have a network of local healthcare professionals, occupational and physical therapists and visiting nurses who borrow equipment for their clients. table and chair rental boise idahoAlthough we have no geographic restrictions, most of our borrowers come from New Hampshire. 

All equipment loans are free of charge. We ask the item be returned to us when no longer needed.  Each new borrower is sent home with an introduction and remittance envelope, in hopes one day they can donate. Each item donated has been evaluated, accepted, cleaned, logged into our inventory and finally placed in our storage room.  A potential borrower needs only call or come in to inquire if their desired item is available.   If the equipment is not available, we put the individual on a waitlist for that item and contact them when the item is back in stock. What We Require from Borrowers Borrowers are required to fill out a simple Loaner’s Agreement and Lease with the borrower’s name and contact information, and the number and description of the item borrowed.  We do ask that the items be returned when no longer needed, so they can be lent to others on our waitlist.  For example, some borrowers loan out a transport wheelchair for just one day while other borrowers will loan out a bath seat for 2 years.

Donna Kluk, Loaner’s Closet Coordinator Community Caregivers of Greater Derry and the Loaner’s Closet have a diverse funding portfolio comprised of individual donations from borrowers, funding from the towns we service, United Way allocations, private grants and fundraising events such as our well- known Potter’s Bowl.  We get no funding from the State of New Hampshire, federal government or insurance companies to operate the Loaner’s Closet. Caregivers Staff and Board of Directors work hard to be good stewards of any foundation funding that we are fortunate to receive. During 2015, we were able to raise $26,000 out of the $30,000 necessary to operate The Loaner’s Closet through grants. The additional funding required to operate this program was provided by donors to our 2015 Annual Appeal. What you can borrow A wide variety of equipment; typical items are listed below but are not limited to: We are not able to stock large items (hospital beds, electric wheelchairs or scooters, Hoyer lifts) because of limited storage capability.

We do keep an up-to-date list of available items along with contact information of the current holder of such an item, which we pass on to those interested; they will then need to contact and make arrangements to view, pick up and remove such items. How We Handle Disposable/Consumable Items? We often have and accept (opened and unopened packages) adult tape diapers and pullups, Depends™, Chux pads™, Tena pads™, etc.  We also often have nutritional supplement drinks and feeding tube liquids available and accept them when still in code. CPA/BPAP machines, nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, oxygen tanks, tubing, needles, medication, medical supplies or basically anything that goes into or pierces the body. Please call if you are unsure of any item not listed to loan or donate.just notify us as to the severity of the break and we will instruct you whether we would like it returned for parts or whether you can just dispose of it yourself.  We need only to know the inventory number on the yellow tag to mark it as damaged or discarded in our database.