Power chair, hospital bed or lift chair to clear out? Who takes what in Albuquerque

First: who owns it?

Look for a sticker on the frame, the base or the motor — the supplier’s name and phone number are usually on it. If the equipment came from hospice, or it is still being rented, call that number before anything else and ask whether it is yours now. If it isn’t, it goes back to them, and they will tell you how.

It works and someone needs it: donate it

Adelante’s Back in Use program (a nonprofit) gives wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and more to people who need them. The equipment must work — they don’t repair it. Donations are by appointment at (505) 341-7171; ask about pickup of a larger item. Need a donation receipt? Ask them — Abq Reclaimed is a for-profit business and can’t give one.

Want money for a newer chair, scooter or lift chair?

I don’t pay cash. Ask a mobility dealer whether they buy used equipment or take trade-ins, or sell it yourself — and peel off any name or patient labels first.

Broken, partial or leftover: the parts I take free

A power chair that won’t hold a charge or an adjustable bed with a dead motor is still full of parts someone is hunting for to keep the same model running. I pick these up free, by request:

• Power-chair and scooter controllers, joysticks, cables and harnesses
• Motors and gearboxes
• Seat, headrest and armrest parts, wheels and casters
• Adjustable-bed motors, control boxes, remotes and hand controls
• Lift-chair motors and hand controls

A whole chair or bed: send a photo first — no promise.

What parts like these turn into

• From parents' houses and senior moves: an adjustable-bed motor, a bed control box and remotes, a power-chair controller, a wheelchair headrest and Invacare parts — the kind of thing that comes out of a long-lived-in house, going to people who needed that exact replacement part.

Real item types from my recent eBay sales (list checked September 2026) — no prices, no buyer details. eBay seller since 2003 — currently an eBay Top Rated Seller, 99.8% positive feedback (1,800+ feedback score, 3,800+ items sold).

What I pass on, and where it goes

When this comes up

Almost always in the middle of something bigger: clearing a house after a death, a parent’s move to a smaller place, working through a parent’s house room by room, or the chair and bed left over after the estate sale. Send the medical equipment photos along with the rest; I take the resale-worthy share free and tell you exactly who takes the rest.

Text me a photo of the label → Or use the request form