Healthcare Equipment Loan Program (HELP)

NDAD’s Healthcare Equipment Loan Program (HELP) provides home healthcare equipment and other durable medical pieces at no charge for up to 90 days. The program is available through all six NDAD client services offices. In 2024, NDAD loaned 5,424 pieces of medical equipment, saving North Dakotans and borrowers in nearby border communities over $664,040.

Equipment borrowers range from people who have been injured or are recovering from illnesses or surgery to people with congenital or other long-term health challenges. Some people need equipment for only a short period of time, making a purchase unfeasible. Others borrow equipment for days, weeks or a few months until they purchase similar equipment themselves, either on their own, through insurance providers or through other program assistance.

NDAD’s healthcare equipment loan program includes but is not limited to:

• Manual and power wheelchairs and accessories
• Scooters
• Bed rails
• Shower chairs and transfer benches
• Portable ramps
• Canes of various types
• Bathtub and shower safety railings
• Commodes
• Gait belts
• Grab bars
• Toilet seat risers, rails and safety frames
• Rollators
• Walkers, knee walkers and walker trays
• Crutches
• IV poles
• Leg lifters

Please contact the NDAD office that serves your area for a form and to determine whether the equipment you seek to borrow is available. NDAD’s loan agreement must be signed by the user of the equipment before it may be released. Please contact your local NDAD office to ask how we can accommodate a user signing the agreement. Before you return equipment, please review our cleaning and disinfecting guide. Equipment needed for longer than three months requires an application and approval from NDAD’s financial assistance program.