From Facility to Community

April 5, 2009 Rick Bahr, chief operations officer for Community Management Initiative, Inc., presented the information on April 5, 2009, at Executive Express, an OPEN MINDS Institute. He discussed how the installation of passive monitoring devices in a home can enable consumers with disabilities to safely live independently in their family homes, rather than the traditional options of hiring a caregiver or entering a supervised or institutional living arrangement. In addition, the monitoring devices and monthly monitoring services can cost much less than the traditional options . . .