Restoring

Enhancing Lives through Mobility

We collect gently used wheelchairs and other essential mobility-related medical equipment, and gift it to uninsured and underinsured Charlotteans.

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Wheelchairs and Other Medical Equipment Gifted

Case Managers, Social Workers, Physical, and Occupational Therapists have referred patients to Assist ME

Our Vision

Independence for All

In a world where mobility is synonymous with independence, we envision a community where everyone, regardless of circumstance, has access to the medical mobility equipment they need.

The Great Charlotte Area

Our Process

Donate a wheelchair or other medical equipment and we will find a new life for it to change.

Step 1

Collect Gently Used Wheelchairs and Other Essential Mobility Equipment

Step 2

Volunteers Clean and Repair Equipment

Step 3

Physical Therapists or Social Workers apply for equipment on behalf of their patients

Step 4

Application Review

Step 5

Patients Pick Up their Items

Did You Know?

Did you know that 15% of Mecklenburg County adults are uninsured? That’s more than 100,000 people.
Did you know that Medicaid doesn’t cover health care costs for adults who may earn income above Medicaid coverage limits, yet below the poverty level?
Did you know that it can take up to 30 days for Medicaid to approve coverage of doctor-prescribed mobility equipment. Waiting for approval delays recovery, increases risk of falls and new injuries, and may require patients to remain in the hospital longer?
Did you know Medicaid provides wheelchairs with the expectation that it will last five years? If it wears out or is lost, the recipient is on their own.

SOURCE: “Primary Care Access in Mecklenburg County

Get Help

Need help with mobility?

Assist ME is committed to providing the support you need to overcome mobility challenges and reclaim your independence. If you or someone you know requires assistance, you’re in the right place.

Get Involved

Together, let's transform lives through the gift of mobility.

Donate Equipment

Your wheelchair helped you get back out in the world. Now you can donate it so it can help someone else.

Become A Volunteer

Assist ME operates entirely with the kindness and commitment of individuals like you! Whether you’ve got one day a week or just a few hours, there’s a need for your talents here!

Become Volunteer

Donate Money

Sometimes we’re short on wheelchairs and tub transfer benches. Your financial contribution enables us to swiftly purchase requested equipment so that patients can safely return home sooner.

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Become a Volunteer

What volunteers say about our organization

As a home care health professional, I assess patients' safety and level of independence within their environment, versus in the hospital/rehab. Frequently, my patients are either uninsured or underinsured. Insurance doesn't cover the cost of most of the items that I recommend for my patients, including bedside commodes, shower chairs and tub benches. Medicare covers assistive devices for ambulation, but not multiple items. In other words, if they have paid for a walker, they won't also pay for a cane.

Assist ME allows my patients to achieve greater independence and safety within their homes, potentially decreasing the amount of caregiver assistance needed, decreasing their risk of falls and rehospitalization and allowing them to stay in the homes. One piece of equipment can be life changing! A patient that may not be able to shower without adaptive equipment may be able to shower alone, or with supervision, with the use of a shower chair or tub bench.

I help transition Medicaid eligible North Carolinians with disabilities move from Skilled Nursing Facilities into their own homes. Most everyone needs durable medical equipment, but there can be delays in Medicaid approving and delivering the equipment. Assist ME helps bridge that gap so that my clients can move home sooner. And, when they do receive Medicaid approved equipment, I return the borrowed equipment to Assist ME so someone else can benefit. My clients and I are very appreciative of the equipment Assist ME provides.

Enhancing Lives through Mobility

Our Vision

Independence for All

The Great Charlotte Area

Our Process

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Did You Know?

Get Help

Need help with mobility?

Get Involved

Together, let's transform lives through the gift of mobility.

Donate Equipment

Become A Volunteer

Donate Money

Become a Volunteer

What volunteers say about our organization

Assist ME

Together, let's transform lives through the gift of mobility.

Assist ME is a non-profit [501c(3)] organization

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