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Project information
PLUS – Patient Lending Utility Service
We value life and comfortable living. Our free loan of medical equipment allows the sick, elderly and disabled to recover quickly in the comfort of their own home. Our mobility aids enable users to get up and about, maintain their independence and care for their own needs with dignity.
Ongoing
Charity information: EZRA UMARPEH LIMITED

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Need
Need
•When someone becomes sick, the family is overwhelmed and do not know where to turn
•Over a quarter of disabled people say that they do not frequently have choice and control over their daily lives (Office for Disability Issues)
•Prolonged hospital stays are uncomfortable for the patient and they can develop infections
•More families of disabled people live in poverty, compared to other families (Office for Disability Issues)
Solution
•When someone becomes sick, Ezra Umarpeh steps into provide support, advice and medical equipment
•Our equipment allows the disabled to take care of themselves as much as possible
•Last year we provided equipment to 1232 people coming out of hospital
•Medical equipment allows the sick and disabled people to live a better quality life
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Aims
Aim 1
To reduce hospital stays by providing medical equipment to facilitate home recovery
Activities
» Provide medical equipment to people coming out of hospital to include electric beds, hoists and electric bath chairs
What success will look like
We keep records of requests and service uptake. We set annual targets and performance indicators for outputs and outcomes and collect information about our achievements.
Aim 2
To enable this sick, elderly and disabled to live a comfortable life
Activities
» Provide home healthcare and furniture equipment such as recliners, high back chairs and overbed tables
What success will look like
We will interview users to form case studies
Aim 3
To allow the sick, disabled and elderly to remain independent in their everyday lives.
Activities
» Provide a range of mobility products so they can be up and about, to include walking frames, knee walkers and rollators
» Provide a variety of bathing and toileting aids, such as an electric bath chair or toilet frame, so the sick can attend to their needs with dignity.
» Preventative equipment like the oximeter and blood pressure monitor allow people to monitor their conditions and detect problems early.
What success will look like
We will send evaluation forms to users
Aim 4
To give children the best start in life
Activities
» Lending mobility aids to children allows them to attend school and sports activities, keeping up with their peers.
» Breast pumps and baby scales ensure that children get the best start in life.
» When a baby is sick, a finger pulse oximeter or baby respiration monitor can make all the difference in allowing the child out of hospital.
What success will look like
We will use our loan software to produce reports to monitor our activities, producing evaluation reports for forward planning and making amendments to our services.
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Impact
Impact
There will be a broader availability of medical equipment, encouraging self-care, more social interaction and comfortable living. It will create healthier and stronger communities, working together to solve our problems. We will demonstrate our successes using data from our loan software, interviews with users and surveys to users, healthcare professionals and volunteers.
Risk
Project P.L.U.S is run according to Health & Safety standards, where all equipment is stored and maintained in the correct manner. Items which might cause serious bodily damage if misused (such as an oxygen concentrator) requires a written letter signed by a GP or clinician authorising Ezra Umarpeh to loan the item. Instructions (verbal and written) are provided for items which are not simple to use.
Reporting
Donors to this project will be updated on a six monthly basis, with a Project P.L.U.S progress report detailing its activities and developments.
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Budget
Budget - Project Cost: £112,167
Loading graph....Amount Heading Description £26,446 Night Care Products Hospital beds, Pressure Relieving Mattresses, Memory Foam Matresses, Bed Side Rails, Side Rail Clips £31,215 Mobility Products Adult and Children Wheelchairs, Bariatric Wheelchairs, Wheelchair Ramps, Children's Kay Walkers £23,478 Respiratory Products Oxygen Concentrators, Finger Pulse Oximeters, Nebulizers, Humidifiers £18,811 Paediatric Products Enuresis Bed Wetting Alarms, Breast Pumps, Baby Scales £12,217 Other General Medical Aids Chair Commodes, Valley Cushions, Shower Chairs, Foot Stools, Recliners Current Funding / Pledges
Source Amount Shoresh Charitable Trust £10,000 Guaranteed Veronique Charitable Trust £1,000 Guaranteed Rayne Trust £1,000 Guaranteed Steinberg Family Charitable Trust £2,500 Guaranteed Mauritz Mulder Charitable Trust £1,000 Guaranteed -
Background
Location
We have 3 branches and an interactive website, offering a local and efficient service. Calls come from Hackney, Haringey, Barnet, Brent, Edgware, Ilford, Salford, Bury and further afield.
Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of our project are numerous and of all ages and backgrounds. P.L.U.S will provide for children, young people, adults and the elderly who are ill or disabled. Many of these beneficiaries are on low income levels and live in disadvantage areas.
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Why Us?
Why Us?
Established in 1996, our charity has many years experience in providing medical equipment. We have built up working relationships with local healthcare professionals, and are well known amongst the community for our efficient, reliable and confidential service
Read more about the Charity running this project.
People
Mr Sanders
Extremely devoted Trustee/Volunteer to Project P.L.U.S. Available at all times for advice and emergencies relating to the medical equipment services.
£360
will get a wheelchair to help a child get about
We value the continued work of Ezra Umarpeh in providing the free loan of medical equipment in the community.