Medical and Rehabilitation Equipment Acquisition

This portal contains information about assistance available to those who need medical or rehabilitation equipment.

Some assistance is guaranteed by law, and some of it is provided by various organizations that offer equipment lending services or whom sell equipment at heavily discounted rates.

Medical and Rehabilitation Equipment - General

• Assistance Purchasing Rehabilitation Devices from the Ministry of Health
• Medical Equipment Lending Services for People with Disabilities and the Elderly
• Financing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices
• Grant for work accident victims with severe disability
• Borrowing medical equipment for a premature infant
• AZARIM A collection of information of medical equipment from the Milbat Association.

Assistance for Holocaust Survivors

• Assistance for Holocaust survivors from the Latet organization's emergency fund
• Clothing grant for orthopedic devices for those disabled in the war against the Nazis and disabled victims of Nazi persecution
• Free eyeglasses for needy Holocaust survivors
• Free/discounted eye exams and eyeglasses for Holocaust survivors

Walking and Mobility

• Assistance Purchasing Walking Devices
• Assistance Purchasing Mobility Devices
• Funding for standers for children and youth
• Loan for Purchasing Mobility Accessories in a Handicap-Accessible Vehicle
• Reimbursement for Mobility Accessories in a Private Vehicle
• Loan to Install a Wheelchair Lift in a Handicap-Accessible Vehicle
• Grant for work accident victims with severe disability

Hearing Rehabilitation

• Assistance Funding Hearing Devices for Children
• Assistance Funding Hearing Devices for Adults
• Assistance Funding Hearing Devices for People Age 65 and Older
• Subsidized Hearing Devices from the Foundation Optical Center
• Hearing Implant Funding
• Communications Basket for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired - Reimbursement for the purchase of assistive devices
• Pagers (Beepers) for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
• Reimbursement for Baby Monitors Purchased by Deaf and Hearing Impaired Parents
• Tax Refund for Fax Machines Purchased by the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

Equipment for Diabetics

• Personal medical equipment for diabetics
• Device for continuous monitoring of blood sugar for diabetics
• Insulin pump for diabetics

Assistive Devices for the Blind

• Assistance Purchasing Assistive Devices for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Assistance Purchasing Braille Assistive Devices
• Assistance Purchasing Rehabilitation Devices for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Victims of Hostilities

• Medical auxiliary equipment and household equipment for Victims of Hostilities with serious injuries
• orthopedic shoes and special shoes

Families of Victims of Hostilities

• Purchase and rental of medical equipment relatives of victims of Hostilities
• Absorbent products
• Orthopedic Shoes
• Contact Lenses and Glasses
• Panic Button
• Cardiac Intensive Care Service

Eyeglasses

• Eyeglasses for a Nominal Fee from the Re-Specs Organization
• Discounted Eyeglasses from the Foundation Optical Center
• Free eyeglasses for needy Holocaust survivors
• Free/discounted eye exams and eyeglasses for Holocaust survivors
• Glasses for those who suffered workplace injuries

Aid Organizations

• Light to the World (Or LaOlam) - Free medical equipment lending service across Israel
• Variety
• Yad Sarah - Click here for more information about equipment lending on Yad Sarah's English website
• Kivunim - Information Center for Medical Rights
• Kamaayan Hamitgaber - Operates in Pardes Hanna, Karkur, Elyakhin, Givat Haim Meuhad
• Lions Israel
• Milbat
• The Michaelson Institute for Rehabilitation of Vision
• Ma'ayan- Alyn Hospital
• The Mishcon Family Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Needs - Alyn Hospital
• Rehabilitation Center in the Loewenstein Hospital
• The Foundation Optical Center
• Ner David Avi - Equipment lending in the Ashkelon, Netivot, and Ashdod regions.
• The Central Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Handicapped
• Saad V'marpe
• Ezer Mizion - Click here for more information about equipment lending on Ezer Mizion's English website
• Ezra Le'marpeh
• The Arab Association for the Disabled
• Keren Yishi - Marpe L'Hayim
• Re-Specs Frames for the Needy
• Refaeinu V'Nivasheia
• Tikva Umarpe - For pediatric dialysis, kidney transplant and nephrology patients

Government Agencies

• The Ministry of Health
• The Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services
• The National Insurance Institute

Laws and Regulations

• The National Health Insurance Law

Additional Publications

• Allocation of Rehabilitation and Mobility Devices for People with Disabilities - A Knesset Research and Information Center document from 19.03.2012

Credits

• English translation and maintenance by The Shira Pransky Project.