Equipment
Equipment Hire
The Association’s Equipment Hire service is available to people who have a disability or anyone in the community who requires equipment for a flexible time period.
Items available for hire include:
- manual wheelchairs
- pressure relieving cushions and mattresses
- shower chairs
- hoists and slings
- portable ramps and bed blocks.
Fee schedule
Financial ordinary members of the Association are given priority and offered a discounted fee for this service. A standard rate of hire applies to associate members, non-financial ordinary members and other hirers or clients.
| Financial ordinary members | |
| Minimum fee (less than one week) per hire item | $ 20 |
| Weekly | $ 25 |
| Monthly | $ 50 |
| Associate members, non-financial ordinary members and other hirers and clients | |||
| Hire charge: | Daily | Weekly | Monthly |
| Wheelchair | $ 25 | $ 50 | $ 130 |
| Shower chair | $ 25 | $ 75 | $ 150 |
| Alpha X-Cell mattress | $ 25 | $ 100 | $ 175 |
| Hoist | $ 25 | $ 100 | $ 175 |
| Sling | $ 10 | $ 30 | $ 50 |
| Portable ramps or bed blocks | $ 20 | $ 25 | $ 50 |
| Cushions | $ 25 | $ 100 | $ 175 |
Freight
The Equipment Hire service organises the freight, however the freight and postage charges are the responsibility of the hirer.
For more information or if you wish to hire a piece of equipment, please contact the Association.
If equipment is not available or offered, we will do our best to arrange suitable alternatives.
