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Home Health Lending Closet

Our Mission Statement
Our primary mission is to lend, free of charge, medical health equipment to everyone who needs it in the surrounding area. By doing this with donated equipment, we can help lower the ever-rising medical costs in our community.
Type Of Equipment Available
Canes, Crutches, Walkers, Hospital Beds, Motorized Chairs, Wheel Chairs,
Knee Walkers, Bedside Commodes, Toilet Risers, Shower/Bath Seats, Bath
Transfer Benches, Bath Tub Rails, Shower Grab Bars, 30” Reacher/Grabber,
Icing Machines, Ankle & Wrist Weights, Bed Rails, Toilet Rails, Gait Belts,
Surgical Boots, Sock Aids and more.
Lending Procedures
The person borrowing the equipment should be a resident of the Sauk Valley area. Please call for an appointment when picking up or returning borrowed equipment.
Equipment from the Lending Closet is loaned out for a period up to 3 months. In special need cases, the period can be extended by prior arrangement
Equipment needs to be returned in good, clean condition as soon as you are through with it. Someone else may be waiting to use it.
If you request an item we don’t have in stock, your name will be placed on a waiting list and you will be notified as soon as it’s available. Or perhaps we can suggest a substitute solution to fill your needs.
We have a list of stores and companies that sell or rent health care equipment. This may help if you are requesting an item currently out-of-stock or an item we don’t carry.
Donations
We welcome donations of medical health equipment in good condition. The Lending Closet’s success relies on the support of the community. By donating equipment you have purchased, but no longer need, we can loan it to someone else in the area who needs it now.Monetary donations are also welcomed. The Lending Closet is a completely free service staffed by volunteers. The money we receive will be used to buy new equipment to fill in our inventory and to maintain the equipment we already have.
For information and availability, please contact Al or Betty Nelson at 81 5-626-3677 or 815-
535-6988 or call 4 1 . IU UI -UU, J Lt Tim Ratliff at
815-718-0886 or Lee Wilson at 815-622-5009.

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Action to preserve/protect Home Care Services

Call Governor Quinn at his Springfield Phone numbers: 217-782-0244 TTY: 888-261-3336 or in Chicago at 312-814-2121. Dear friends: Once again we are asking you to be the voice for people with disabilities. We do not have big dollars to influence legislation; we have you and your dedication to making life better for yourself and all people with disabilities. Because the threats to Medicaid and disability services are severe we are planning 2 days of action before the Governor’s budget address. Our main concern is cuts to the Home Services Program and to CIL funding. The last 3 years have been a challenge to disability advocates as the state budget has been repeatedly attacked and there have been significant cuts. Because we have been aggressive and organized we have been able to largely stop any Home Service Cuts. This year is a continuation of the ongoing state budget crisis and many politicians of both parties have talked about the need for deep Medicaid cuts. Our job is to persuade them again that they get real value from the Home Services Program and that it saves them money in other areas of the budget like health care and decreased institutional spending. The Governor’s budget address, we want to communicate our concerns before any bad news is delivered. The Taskforce for Attendant Services and ADAPT have decided to start our campaign early to let the Governor and the Budget Director know that these programs are essential to keeping people with disability living in the community and having a safe and decent quality of life. Our message is: Do not cut the Home Services Program! And that we need to Protect people wth disabilities from unnecessary institutionalization, Invest in a Home and Community infrastructure, Enforce the Olmstead mandates and Strengthen the Home Service Program as the way to really do long term care.

EVERY CALL COUNTS! WE NEED YOU TO BE INVOLVED!

SOME CUTS NEVER HEAL; DON’T LET THEM CUT HOMESERVICES!

NO CUTS TO THE HOME SERVICES PROGRAM Numbers for Governor Quinn: Phone or Mail

SpringfieldOffice of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-0244
TTY: 888-261-3336

ChicagoOffice of the Governor
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, 16-100
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-814-2121

Numbers for the Budget Director David Vaught:In Springfield Office of Management and Budget
401 South Spring
603 Stratton Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Email: GOMB@illinois.gov
Phone: (217) 782-4520
Fax: (217) 524-4876
TDD: (217) 782-3500

In Chicago 100 W. RANDOLPH JRTC STE 15−100 CHICAGO IL60601 − 3220 Chicago Phone: 312−814−0023

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