Cold hard rules from ALSA Greater New York
Here is what they told me:
We do require that patients who receive wheelchairs from our loan closet be in the process of getting a custom chair funded by their insurance. Our loaner chair is meant to be something that is used while you are waiting for your chair that is on order.
Funny… my $$ donations didn’t have rules and requirements attached. I thought my donations would be used on ANY pALS in need. So, people who have to wait for their chair to be ordered, or those without insurance, or who cannot afford the co-pay, cannot borrow a wheelchair from ALSA Greater New York. How exclusive, and just wrong! I will not be donating my equipment to ALSA. There are other organizations without such rules.