Monday, June 10, 2013

electric wheelchair after owner has passed away?

Question by Kayln: electric wheelchair after owner has passed away?
my grandmother has passed away two days ago and we are all trying to go through her house and decide what to do with items. she has a $ 10,000 electric wheelchair and we are not sure what we are supposed to do. this is all very new to us. we do not have a number for the company. do we donate or return it? does anyone know or been through this?

thanks so so much


Best answer:

Answer by MyThoughts
First, let me say - I'm so sorry for the loss of your grandmother.

I would suggest you go through all of your grandmother's paperwork to find any info on the wheelchair. Sometimes Medicaid/Medicare will pay RENT for items that may be used temporarily, so giving the chair away could be a problem. If you find out the chair has been paid for in full, I would suggest contacting a retirement home to see if someone there could benefit from it.
The Little Sisters of the Poor have facilities all over the U.S. and their vocation in life is to care for the elderly poor - you can find the address of the one nearest you by googling "Little Sisters of the Poor, residences" They would be incredibly grateful to have such a nice chair for one of their needy residents.

Good luck and take care.



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