More than 50,000 Americans have been combat-wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001. According to Defense Department accounting, more than 16,000 of those injured have been classified as severely wounded and of those more than 1,600 have had limb amputations. These soldiers spend months, and in many cases years, in the hospital before being released to go back home. Once home, these soldiers’s wounds and injuries make sleeping on flat beds difficult and painful. Many come home to beds that are old and uncomfortable and often times these veterans wind up sleeping in separate bedrooms from their partners because of their pain and sleep issues.
To help these wounded soldiers Easy Rest Adjustable Sleep Systems, a leading national retailer of adjustable beds that are made in America, has created a program to help wounded veterans rest easier by donating new adjustable beds to injured service members through their “Beds For Our Troops” program. Each month a new service member receives a free adjustable bed from the Company.
“Quality rest and sleep is an important component in the journey to wellness,” stated Jeff Mowrey, Chief Operating Officer for Easy Rest. “A good nights sleep helps improve mood, performance and concentration, all of which are necessary for rigorous therapy or the completion of everyday tasks. We are honored to be able to help these brave men and women with this gift and thank them for their service to our country.”
Adjustable beds allow users to adjust the head or foot of the bed to just the right position to temporarily alleviate pain or pressure on specific parts of their bodies so that they can maximize the amount of sleep necessary for healing. The Company’s beds come with relaxing massage features that may help to ease the stresses, aches and pains associated with recuperation. Easy Rest’s adjustable beds can be attached to the users head and footboards and when they are in the flat position they look like any other bed on the market. The mattress quality compares to all of the major brands sold in the United States.
Program recipients can choose the bed size of their choice allowing them to once again sleep with their partner. Veterans who have received beds through this program report a significant increase in the amount of sleep they are able to achieve. They report that they are waking with fewer aches and pains and are able to handle their waking hours better since receiving their new beds.
Army Sergeant Justin Bond is one of the veterans helped by this program. He and his wife have both benefited from sleeping in an Easy Rest Adjustable Bed and he reports that he had to dust off his alarm clock for the first time since being injured after receiving his new bed. You can read more of his story here.
Veterans interested in the program can fill out the information on the Beds For Our Troops home page. The company will send a packet of information out to them to fill out and return.
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Thanks for posting this, I had no idea and am not going to apply myself and share the word with everyone I know!
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My brother who is a veteran is coming to visit his daughter and we are looking for someone to rent a bed to us for 2 weeks and she lives in Chester county can anyone help us
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Hi Carol. Thank you for reaching out. You should contact the company directly. Best of luck.
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Is this program still available for veterans?
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I will look into it for you and get back to you.
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I’m going to say NO! I’ve both submitted a package via certified snail mail and emailed Ann Mowrey, as requested by Easy Rest (there is still a working official Easy Rest program page on their website about this), all just before the 4th of July, with absolutely no acknowledgment from Easy Rest.
I have an email tracking service that logs and reports each and every time an email I’ve sent was opened and read, to include who read it. It’s now Aug-21, and Ann has opened all three of my emails, some of them many times, but I’ve never gotten a response or acknowledgment back from her or Easy Rest. I’ve even emailed her simply asking for acknowledgment that my packet was received and this was a valid program, but again, my email was read several times by Ann but never replied to.
I would be cautious submitting a ton of personal information and war stories to a company who won’t respond back or even confirm that this is a valid program. I’m half afraid this is some sort of scam and now I’m filled with a lot of anxiety and mistrust over this whole thing that I don’t need. I also feel dumb having spent a good amount of time advertising for these guys and telling people what good they are doing when maybe they aren’t doing anything and won’t even respond to customer service requests, probably one of the easiest thing a company could do. If they won’t respond to me now I would be fearful of the actual customer support available if anyone got or even bought a bed from them.
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I am so sorry that you’ve had a negative experience. I wrote to my contact there, after your first comment, and have not heard back. I find it to be extremely irresponsible and don’t plan to work with them again.
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Thanks, I just hope that they responsibly handle and destroy all the personal info, stories, and medical issues that I shared with them as required for their donation program.
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Is this still available for wounded vets? And is so, how does someone apply? We have been looking for some time now for assistance with a comfortable bed for my husband. He had had major back surgery as well as suffers from leg problems.
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Yes, the program is still running. You can download the application at http://www.easyrest.com under the “Giving Back” section of the website. Please note that we have been inundated with applications and are currently on a three year wait for approved applicants to receive their bed.
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Great! Thank you for letting us know. I’ll be sure to let people know.
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ma’am I submitted an application months ago and just curious how do I know if you ever received it?
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You can send an email to bedsforourtroops@easyrest.com with your information and question and we can let you know the status of your application.
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Good morning I hope you are doing well,
I would like to have more information in regards getting a bed for my back. I was discharge due to an injury.
Thank you
Jose Cordero MA
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You’ll have to contact the company directly. I’m sorry. I don’t have contact with them anymore.
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Thank you for contacting us about the program. The program is currently on hold and we are not accepting any new applications. You can periodically check our website to see when we will be accepting new applications.
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I have a Hill-Rom hospital bed in excellent condition with an air mattress that I want to donate to someone in need. I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. If anyone would be interested in it, please contact ginny7467@att.net.
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I am a 100% disabled veteran with back problems wondering where can I get a free Orthopedic bed
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Please contact me directly so I can send you a direct email address that might still work, or you can try info@easyrest.com. You can reach me at CINChomefront@gmail.com
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Is a wounded VA the same as a total & permanent disabled Veteran
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If the disability occurred due to war injury, I think. You’d have to ask the organization.
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Hello,
I am a veteran in need of this system. I click on the link listed but it is a broken link. Please Help. I have asked my VA Doctors and keep getting the 2 foot shuffle. I am 100% service connected disabled. Please help. I just want to sleep again.
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I’m so sorry to know you are struggling. The post is from 2013, but this is the email I have for them: bedsforourtroops@easyrest.com I hope you can find some relief.
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I’m looking for someone to pickup a hospital bed for donate please can someone could help.thank you Mrs Santos
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Mrs. Santos, try calling the Wounded Warrior Project: 888.997. 2586.
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