Breathing is what unites and inspires us to fund essential support programs to improve lung health for individuals, their families and primary support system. There are often financial burdens for people with lung disease including costs associated with lung transplant travel, medical equipment, or radon mitigation. The Lung Association of Saskatchewan’s Caring Breaths Financial Assistance Program is proudly sponsored by Conexus Credit Union. All requests are assessed on a case by case basis. Caring Breaths is designed to be a complimentary program to other established financial assistance programs in the province of Saskatchewan. Before submitting your financial reimbursement request to Caring Breaths, ensure that your expenses are not covered by other funding programs. The Lung Association’s Caring Breaths financial assistance program is a reimbursement program. All applications should include a copy of expense receipts. Who can request funding from the Caring Breaths program? Individuals with lung disease, or their primary caregiver(s). To be considered for radon mitigation reimbursement, individuals must have first had their home tested for radon with a long-term radon test that has been approved by Health Canada. Mitigation work must be completed by a certified Canadian-National Radon Proficiency Program (C-NRPP) radon reduction expert. Post mitigation radon levels must be below Health Canada’s recommended guideline of 200 Bq/m3. All individuals must be Saskatchewan residents. The following information Is required with your Caring Breaths financial assistance request: Contact Information Travel and/or Medical Expense and/or Radon Mitigation Receipts Health Care Provider Support Letter and/or Results of long-term radon test prior to mitigation Income Verification Other Financial Support Requests What expenses does the Caring Breaths program Cover? Pre-lung transplant, lung transplant recipients, and their primary caregivers: + Expand- Shrink Cost of mortgage/rent of primary home residence in Saskatchewan while in Edmonton for treatment if the individual has no other insurance. (up to two months) Cost of a private company to maintain care for Saskatchewan primary home residence while in Edmonton for a lung transplant. The home residence must be unoccupied or have no other individuals living in the residence to assist with home maintenance. (up to $350) Cost of primary home residence utility bills in Saskatchewan while in Edmonton for a lung transplant. (up to two months) Medical Equipment. Examples include blood pressure monitor with adapter, digital thermometer, digital weigh scale. Additional travel/accommodation costs for medical care and appointments in Saskatchewan and/or Edmonton.*Eligible potential expenses include travel and accommodations for medical appointment within a 50 km distance. (Travel and accommodations greater than 50 km apply to the Telemiracle Kinsmen Foundation) Cost for dependent care such as child, family, pet etc. (up to two months) Pulmonary Rehabilitation home based equipment Costs associated with end of life and end of life care (up to $1,000) People living with lung disease and their primary caregivers: + Expand- Shrink Travel and accommodations for medical care/appointments not previously covered.*Eligible potential expenses include travel and accommodations for medical appointment within a 50 km distance. (Travel and accommodations greater than 50 km apply to the Telemiracle Kinsmen Foundation) Cost of a private company to maintain care for Saskatchewan primary home residence if individuals are unable to do so due to their lung disease (up to $350) Pulmonary Rehabilitation home based equipment Prescribed medical equipment not previously covered. Costs associated with end of life and end of life care (up to $1,000) Prescribed medical equipment rental costs. Please note: Funding should be requested from SAIL or SaskAbilities first. Those taking steps as per Health Canada Radon Guidelines: + Expand- Shrink Radon mitigation completed by a Canadian-National Radon Proficiency Program (C-NRPP) radon reduction expert to lower radon levels below Health Canada’s recommended guideline of 200 Bq/m3 (up to $1000) Caring Breaths Application Form 1. Contact Info First Name * Last Name * Phone Number * Email * Street Address * City * Postal Code * 2. Travel and/or Medical Expense and/or Radon Mitigation Receipts Attach a copy of the receipt of the medical and/or travel and/or radon mitigation expense(s) you are requesting financial reimbursement for. Expenses must be incurred within the past 12 months. Expense Receipts Add a new file * Files must be less than 200 MB.Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png pdf doc docx. 3. Health Care Provider Support Letter and/or Results of long-term Radon Test prior to Mitigation Attach a copy of the documentation from a health care provider stating that you or someone you are caring for requires the above medical request. (Example: Letter from your doctor, specialist, etc.) and/or a copy of your long-term Health Canada approved radon test results that prompted mitigation work. Support Document Add a new file * Files must be less than 200 MB.Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png pdf doc docx. 4. Income Verification What is your net disposable income? (monthly income after taxes) Choose range that applies to you. income * income * $500 or Less $500 - $1000 $1000+ 5. Other Financial Support Requests Select any other organizations you have received financial support from to help cover your medical related costs. Other Supporters Kinsmen Foundation - www.telemiracle.com Saskatchewan Aids to Independent Living (SAIL) - www.saskatchewan.ca Good Hearts Foundation - goodheartsfoundation.blogspot.com David Foster - davidfosterfoundation.com SaskAbilities - www.saskabilities.ca Other... Other Supporters Other... Optional: Other Information You can use this field to provide any other information you feel is relevant or important to your application. Other Info Leave this field blank
