Where To Donate Used Medical Equipment in San Diego
If you want to donate used medical equipment in San Diego, I’ve made a list of all the organizations, and their locations, to which you can donate.
You can donate medical equipment in San Diego to –
- the state Assistive Technology Program
- reuse centers
- recycling centers
- loan closets and lending libraries for medical equipment
- private nonprofits helping the disabled in their communities
- Salvation army stores
- Rotary Clubs
- humanitarian organizations
- nursing homes
- veterans centers
- senior centers
- on craigslist
- on usedHME
California Assistive Technology Program
Ability Tools – the California Assistive Technology Program
Ability tools is a great option for donating medical equipment if you use their online equipment exchange.
Ability Tools has an online Assistive Technology Exchange where you can post AT devices, including durable medical equipment, for donation, or for sale – it’s free, and any state resident can sign up.
The Assistive Technology Exchange website can be found by going to – http://abilitytools.org/services/at-exchange-transition.php
Ability Tools is partnered with reuse programs who post their available inventory on the Assistive Technology Exchange website as well as private individuals.
Some of the Reuse Programs are part of a coalition known as the California Assistive Technology Reuse Coalition.
You can find the demonstration centers and lending libraries for devices on the Ability Tools website here.
Reuse centers in and near San Diego
Physical Therapy For All
This is the only Reuse center in the San Diego area which is part of the California Assistive Technology Reuse Coalition.
The majority of organization’s rehabilitation equipment is donated to nonprofit organizations in Orange County and San Diego County.
Much of this equipment is reused and passed along to patients who can’t afford to buy their own.
The equipment includes –
- wheelchairs
- crutches
- canes
- walkers
- braces
To donate you need to contact the organization on the number below.
Address:
31022 Via Mirador
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Phone: 949 735 9955
Website: https://www.ptforall.org
UCP of San Diego County
UCP – United Cerebral Palsy – recycles gently used durable medical equipment to those in need of this equipment for free.
You can donate durable medical equipment to the UCP.
The equipment you can donate includes –
- wheelchairs
- walkers
- scooters
- strollers
- canes
- standers
- bath chairs
- gait trainers
If you would like to donate equipment call the UCP on 858 571 7803 ext. 115
Website: https://www.ucpsd.org/programs/equipment_recycling.html
Salvation Army donation drop-off locations in San Diego
The Salvation Army, accepts donations including some home medical equipment, but only so long as it is in good condition.
To donate home medical equipment you will want to go to this page on their website – https://satruck.org/
Below is a screenshot of that page.
Enter your zip code in the box below the service you require, and you will see a map with all the locations, addresses and contact links, as you can see in the screenshot below.
All you have to do is to pick a site from the map, or the list, and contact them about dropping your donation off.
Other organizations and thrift stores which accept donations of equipment in the San Diego Area
Amvets Thrift Stores
The money raised at Amvets thrift stores through the sales of donated equipment goes to veterans, veterans’ families and communities in California.
On the store’s facebook page you can see for sale –
- adjustable/hospital bed
- bedside commode
- rollators
- walkers
- patient lift
Here is the facebook page –
https://www.facebook.com/TeamAmvetsHilltop/
Address:
Amvets Thrift Store
999 Cardiff St,
San Diego, CA 92114
Phone: 619 651 1650
Team Amvets Thrift Store
3441 Sutherland St #2031,
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: 619 297 4213
DAV Thrift Stores
D.A.V. is a nonprofit organization which runs 4 thrift stores raising money to help support disabled American veterans.
D.A.V. accepts donations of –
- wheelchairs
- walkers
- shower chairs
- commodes
- hospital beds
- canes
- transport bench
- crutches
Website: https://www.davveteransthriftstores.com/
Phone: 800 894 2486
Addresses –
Spring Valley
1049 Elkelton Blvd,
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Chula Vista
L Street & Broadway E of I-5 881 Broadway,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
El Cajon
1130 E Main St,
El Cajon, CA 92021
Oceanside
Cassidy Street West of I-5 1624,
South Coast Hwy,
Oceanside, CA 92054
Deseret Industries Thrift Store
Deseret Industries thrift stores accept donations of “gently used” and clean home medical equipment.
Address:
1773 Broadway,
Chula Vista, CA 991911
Phone: 619 423 2317
Father Joes’s Villages
Father Joe’s Villages have a list of what not to donate, and used medical equipment is not on it, so I think it is safe to say that they accept used medical equipment.
There are 3 stores/donation centers plus a daily auction/donation center –
Daily Auctions and donation center –
815 33rd St,
San Diego, CA 92102
Imperial Beach –
Thrift Store and Donation Center
1555 Palm Ave, Suite F
San Diego, CA 92154
El Cajon –
Thrift Store and Donation Center
2325 Fletcher Parkway,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Hillcrest –
Thrift Store and Donation Center
1457 University Ave,
San Diego, CA 92103
Loan closets which accept donations of medical equipment in San Diego
Cecily’s Closet – San Diego
“Cecily’s Closet” partners with The UCP organization of San Diego to make used medical equipment available to those who need it.
The following passage is from the Cecily’s Closet website –
“Cecily’s Closet encourages parents to make donated equipment available to families in need directly through the Cecily’s Closet website. The process is simple:
1) Send us a picture and a description of your item to info@cecilyscloset.org or post directly to the Cecily’s Closet page on Facebook.
2) Cecily’s Closet will post the item to FaceBook.
3) Once we find an interested party we ask the interested party to pick it up directly from the donor. This enables us to scale and recycle more equipment! “
Website: https://www.cecilyscloset.org/equipment-recycling.html
Rotary Clubs in San Diego
Rotary Clubs do an enormous amount of charitable work and are often looking for donations of all sorts, so they are worth a try – and there are usually quite. a few clubs in larger cities like San Diego.
To find a Rotary Club near you complete the steps below –
Step 1/
Click on the link below to the Rotary Club locator tool –
https://my.rotary.org/en/club-search?only_rotaract=1
The web page with the search tool will open.
Step 2/
In the text fields enter –
- The location – here I have entered “San Diego”
- Club Type – Select “Rotary Club”
Copy what I have done in this image below.
Step 3/
Next, hit on the blue “search” button and list of all the Rotary Clubs in San Diego will come up, just as in the screen shot below.
Step/ 4
Click on any of the names of the clubs in blue, which I have indicated in the image below with red arrows.
The club you have chosen will come up will all the available information – usually they will have a telephone contact number, and an email contact, but not always.
If they don’t have contact numbers etc, they should say when and where they meet, so you can go get further information if you really want to.
Typically there is a mailing address, as well as a website if you are lucky.
Nursing homes in the San Diego area
Nursing home always need medical equipment, and will often accept gently used medical equipment – if they don’t it is probably because they have to have strict rules about sanitizing used equipment, and they may not be able to do that themselves.
I would call first and find out what equipment, if any they are accepting – especially if you are reading this during the Covid-19 pandemic !
San Diego
Abby Gardens Healthcare Center
8060 Frost St,
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858 278 4750
Arroyo Vista Nursing Center
3022 45th St,
San Diego, CA 92105
Phone: 619 283 5855
Award Manor
1966 Paradise St,
San Diego, CA 92114
Phone: 619 263 9075
Balboa Nursing & Rehab Center
3520 Fourth Ave,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 291 5270
Broadway Home
2445 Broadway,
San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: 619 232 7406
Calle De Vida Rcfe
4745 Calle De Vida,
San Diego, CA 92124
Phone: 858 569 0737
Carmel Mountain Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
11895 Avenue of Industry,
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858 673 0101
Casa de las Campanas-San Diego
18655 W Bernardo Dr,
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858 592 1870
Dunn’s Rest Haven
5217 Castana St,
San Diego, CA 92114
Phone: 619 263 4661
GCWF Retirement Trust B
450 A St,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619 234 2855
Golden Hill Subacute and Rehabilitation Center
1201 34th St,
San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: 619 232 2946
Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center
4033 Sixth Ave,
San Diego, CA 9210
Phone: 619 297 4086
Interim HealthCare The Gift of Hospice
5625 Ruffin Rd Suite 110,
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858 737 7482
Jacob Healthcare Center
4075 54th St,
San Diego, CA 92105
Phone: 619 582 5168
Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home
7675 Family Cir,
San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: 858 278 8121
Mission Hills Post Acute Care
3680 Reynard Way,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 297 4484
Mission Homes
2996 Mission Village Dr,
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858 569 8867
Premier Care, Inc.
2921 Murat St,
San Diego, CA 92117
Phone: 619 723 5933
The Remington Club
16925 Hierba Dr,
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858 673 6340
Sarah G. Nichols, RN
34800 Bob Wilson Drive,
San Diego, CA 92134
Phone: 619 532 5815
St. Paul’s Manor
2635 2nd Ave,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 239 2097
St. Paul’s Senior Day Program
328 Maple St,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 239 6900
St. Paul’s Senior Services Nursing and Rehabilitation
235 Nutmeg St,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 239 8687
Summer House at Wesley Palms
2404 Loring St,
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone: 858 274 4110
The Pavilion at Ocean Point
3202 Duke St,
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: 619 224 4141
The Shores Post-Acute
2828 Meadow Lark Dr,
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858 277 6460
University Care Center
5602 University Ave,
San Diego, CA 92105
Phone: 619 583 1993
Vi at La Jolla Village
8515 Costa Verde Blvd,
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone: 888 674 -4036
Villa Rancho Bernardo Care Center
15720 Bernardo Center Dr
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858 672 3900
Wesley Palms San Diego Retirement Community
2404 Loring St,
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone: 858 274 4110
Chula Vista
Birch Patrick Convalescent Center
751 Medical Center Ct,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
Phone: 619 502 3540
Fredericka Manor Care Center
111 3rd Ave,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619 427 2777
Fredericka Manor Retirement Community in Chula Vista
183 3rd Ave,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 800 310 4696
South Bay Post Acute Care
553 F St,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619 426 8611
Coronado
Villa Coronado Skilled Nursing Facility
233 Prospect Pl,
Coronado, CA 92118
Phone: 619 522 3900
El Cajon
Cottonwood Canyon Healthcare Center
1391 E Madison Ave,
El Cajon, CA 92021
Phone: 619 444 1107
Magnolia Post Acute Care
635 S Magnolia Ave,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619 442 8826
Parkside Health and Wellness Center
444 W Lexington Ave,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619 442 7744
San Diego Post-Acute Center
1201 S Orange Ave,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619 441 1988
Somerset Subacute and Care
151 Claydelle Ave,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619 442 0245
Villa Las Palmas Healthcare Center
622 S Anza St,
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619 442 0544
Encinitas
Aviara Healthcare Center
944 Regal Rd,
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 760 944 0
San Diego Hebrew Homes
211 Saxony Rd,
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 760 632 0081
Escondido
Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital
1025 W 2nd Ave,
Escondido, CA 92025
Phone: 760 745 1842
La Jolla
The Cove at La Jolla
7160 Fay Ave,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: 858 459 4361
La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
2552 Torrey Pines Rd,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: 858 453 5810
The Springs at Pacific Regent La Jolla
3884 Nobel Dr,
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone: 858 625 8700
La Mesa
Arbor Hills Nursing Center
7800 Parkway Dr,
La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: 619 460 2330
Community Care Center
8665 La Mesa Blvd,
La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: 619 465 0702
Country Manor La Mesa Healthcare Center
5696 Lake Murray Blvd,
La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: 619 460 7871
Grossmont Post Acute Care
8787 Center Dr,
La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: 619 460 4444
La Mesa Healthcare Center
3780 Massachusetts Ave,
La Mesa, CA 91941
Phone: 619 465 1313
Parkway Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation
7760 Parkway Dr,
La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: 619 469 0124
National City
Caluya’s Residential Care
2835 E Plaza Blvd, National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 479 8122
Castle Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
541 S V Ave,
National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 791 7900
Friendship Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
902 Euclid Ave,
National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 791 7700
Paradise Village Retirement Community
2700 E 4th St,
National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 639 9862
Paradise Valley Manor and Health Care Center
2575 E 8th St,
National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 470 6700
Windsor Gardens Convalescent Center
220 E 24th St,
National City, CA 91950
Phone: 619 474 6741
Poway
Boulder Creek Post Acute
12696 Monte Vista Rd,
Poway, CA 92064
Phone: 858 487 6242
Poway Healthcare Center
15632 Pomerado Rd,
Poway, CA 92064
Phone: 858 485 5153
Santee
Edgemoor Hospital
655 Park Center Dr,
Santee, CA 92071
Phone: 619 596 5500
Stanford Court Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center
8778 Cuyamaca St,
Santee, CA 92071
Phone: 619 449 5555
Spring Valley
Amaya Springs Health Care Center
8625 Lamar St,
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone: 619 461 3222
Covenant Living at Mount Miguel
325 Kempton St,
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone: 619 552 2063
Senior Centers in San Diego
Cathy Hopper Clairemont Friendship Center
4425 Bannock Ave,
San Diego, CA 92117
Phone: 858 483 4007
ComForCare Home Care (North San Diego)
9747 Businesspark Ave Suite 227,
San Diego, CA 92131
Phone: (858) 247-1005
Ed Brown Senior Center at Rancho Bernardo
18402 W Bernardo Dr,
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858 487 9324
Fourth District Seniors Resource Center
570 S 65th St,
San Diego, CA 92114
Phone: 619 266 2066
Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center
1525 Fourth Ave,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619 235 6572
Mira Mesa Senior Center
8460 Mira Mesa Blvd,
San Diego, CA 92126
Phone: 858 860 5355
George L. Stevens Senior Center
570 S 65th St,
San Diego, CA 92114
Phone: 619 266 2066
Korean American Senior Association
6709 Convoy Ct,
San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: 858 573 0477
Live Well San Diego
4425 Bannock Ave,
San Diego, CA 92117
Phone: 858 483 5100
Memorial Senior Center
610 S 30th St,
San Diego, CA 92113
Phone: 619 235 1141
Mira Mesa Senior Center
8460 Mira Mesa Blvd,
San Diego, CA 92126
Phone: 858 860 5355
Neighborhood House Senior Center
795 S Boundary St,
San Diego, CA 92113
Phone: 619 263 2108
Paradise Senior Center
1880 Logan Ave,
San Diego, CA 92113
Phone: 619 235 1148
Peninsula Shepherd Center
1475 Catalina Blvd,
San Diego, CA 92107
Phone: 619 223 1640
Samahan Senior Center
2626 Market St,
San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: 619 234 1360
San Diego City-Senior Services
125 E Park Ave,
San Ysidro, CA 92173
Phone: 619 424 0468
San Diego Senior Directory
11579 Poblado Rd,
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: 858 492 7377
San Diego Square
1055 Ninth Ave,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619 239- 2073
San Ysidro Seniors Center
125 E Park Ave,
San Diego, CA 92173
Senior Care West Coast Regional
1550 Hotel Cir N,
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619 291 0182
Silver Stature
3401 Adams Ave,
San Diego, CA 92116
Phone: (760) 536-8754
St. Paul’s Senior Day Program
328 Maple St,
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619 239 6900
University City Senior Center
9001 Towne Centre Dr,
San Diego, CA 92122
Phone: 858 550 5998
Chula Vista
Norman Park Senior Center
270 F St,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619 409 1930
Coronada
Norman Park Senior Center
270 F St,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619 409 1930
Encinitas
Encinitas Senior Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr,
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 760 943 2250
Escondido
Park Avenue Community Center
210 E Park Ave,
Escondido, CA 92025
Phone: 760 839 4688
La Jolla
Florence Riford Senior Center
6811 La Jolla Blvd,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: 858 459 0831
National City
Norman Park Senior Center
270 F St,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619 409 1930
Rancho Santa Fe
Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center
16780 La Gracia,
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091
Phone: 858 756 3041
San Marcos
San Marcos Project Care
111 Richmar Ave,
San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone: 760 744 0467
San Marcos Senior Activity Center
111 Richmar Ave,
San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone: 760 744 5535
The Foundation for Senior Wellbeing
131 Richmar Ave #1616,
San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone: 844 654 4636
Vista
Gloria McClellan Senior Center
1400 Vale Terrace Dr,
Vista, CA 92084
Phone: 760 643 5288
Veterans Centers in San Diego
Rather than visiting just give them a call and see if they accept donations of medical equipment.
San Diego Vet Center San Diego
2790 Thruxtun Rd, Suite 130
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone: 858 642 1500
Veterans Village Of San Diego
4141 Pacific Hwy,
San Diego, CA 92110,
Phone number: 619 393 2000
Veterans Home of CA Chula Vista
700 E Naples Ct,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
Phone: 619 482 6010
Craigslist and other sites to give away equipment
Sites with classifieds where you can donate medical equipment –
- Craigslist
- Ebay
- Freecycle
- UsedHME.com
You can also use Craigslist to offer a piece of equipment for free.
You will need to decide whether or not, you want to make it a “pick up only”, charge for shipping, or not.
With Craigslist you can “create a posting” for very local areas, so you can donate to someone who lives locally.
Now, about using your main personal email, and having pick-ups from your home –
1) You want to create a “throwaway” email address for your donation, as it is quite common for the email addresses to get inundated with spam in the email.
2) You don’t know who, or what, you are exposing yourself, or your loved one to, if you arrange for a pick-up at your home. So, I would find a location where you can meet and show the equipment to the interested party.
How to post a donation in your local area on Craigslist
Step 1/
Type “craigslist + san diego”, into a search engine, for example GOOGLE and as you see below.
Step 2/
You get the page shown below, once you have clicked on the search result for “Craigslist San Diego”.
In the top left hand corner under “craigslist” you click on “create a posting”.
Step 3/
The next screen will ask you to pick where in the San Diego area you want to have your posting shown – I chose “city of san diego” and hit continue.
Step 4/
The following screen will ask you to pick “what type of posting is this” – you need to choose “for sale by owner” and continue.
Step 5/
Now you will be asked on the next screen to pick a category from a long list – you will choose “free stuff”, as you’re donating your equipment, and then continue.
Step 6/
Finally, you will come to a screen asking you to write your posting, with options for contact details – don’t give out your telephone, or address, and use a “throwaway” email just for the posting.
After this you continue with the process and add your photo of the equipment, and then agree to terms and conditions.
You will also receive a verification email making sure that the email you gave is really yours.
Making a donation with UsedHME.com
The site Used Home Medical Equipment is a “free listing service where people can, buy, sell or donate.”
It is based on the zip code you enter, so that only people who ask for listings in the zip code you give will see your donation.
Step 1/
Let’s go to the website –
Step 2/
Click on the main navigation menu button – ” List/Sell Equipment” – which is 4th down on the left.
Step 3/
This next page is where you need to fill out your contact info.
Step 4/
Pick your state where you are donating and enter the zip code.
Step 5/
Still on the same page, you will need to select the “donation” option in the text field “Ad Type“.
What’s next is a different from that which I was expecting – you will need to name a charity you wish to give the proceeds of your sale/donation to – yes, in fact, you are selling your equipment and the proceeds will go to the charity of your choice.
Step 6/
Moving on, select the type of equipment you are donating from the “Select type of Equipment” menu.
Step 7/
Hit “Submit Ad“, and it’s done ! Just like in a newspaper ad you will be contacted when there is a customer.
A different option available is –
Not choosing “Donation” from the Ad Type field, and choose “free” instead, and after that you can place your ad with the price at 0$.
The ads are free, and will stay for 6 months unless the equipment is taken. If someone wants your equipment you will be contacted by them, and you can arrange the pick-up etc together.
Neither method has an option for adding a photo to the ad, this is only offered if you pay to place the ad.
Where to donate used medical equipment near me
The following institutions and administrations should know where you can donate durable medical equipment –
- Your local Area Agency on Aging
- Social services office
- Local church communities
- Local town hall or chamber of commerce
- Local hospitals
- Emergency rooms
- Private clinics
Tax deductions on donations
If you make a donation to a registered charity keep the receipts if you are hoping to get a tax deduction.
The IRS will require a receipt for the item.
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