SmartHomes Update

Imagine! project manager Sterling Wind recently provided an update report on the SmartHomes to the Imagine! Foundation Board of Directors. We thought we’d share it with you, as well. Check it out below.

Update to the Imagine! Foundation Board of Directors – September 4, 2014 

Here are a few project highlights since my last report.

• Interest surrounding the Imagine! SmartHomes project continues to be strong, as members of the Imagine! SmartSupports team continues to be invited to speak at conferences, meetings and to consult with providers from around the United States. Since my last update, our team has spoken extensively with leadership from Human Technologies in Utica NY, Orana in Netley South Australia and East Carolina Behavioral Health. Leadership with each of these organizations have spent considerable time touring a SmartHome and discussing Imagine!’s approach to applying technological solutions to create operational efficiencies and to improve services outcomes for consumers and their families. While, Imagine! benefits from the curiosity, input and questions from visiting skilled professionals from outside our organization. You can learn more about each of these organizations by visiting them on the web at http://htcorp.net/, http://www.oranaonline.com.au/ and http://www.ecbhlme.org/. In addition to our out-of-town guests, a SmartHome has been touring by the Mayor of Longmont and a Longmont City Council member, community members living in Boulder, Ward, Longmont, Frederick, Colorado as well as a colleague from Mountain States Children Home. 
• You can learn about presentations associated with the Imagine!’s SmartHomes SmartSupports projects by visiting - http://imaginessmarthomesblog.blogspot.com/ and entering either presentable and/or presentations into the search bar, found in the upper left-hand corner of the SmartHomes Blog. 
• Now that the construction of our SmartHomes in Boulder and Longmont is complete, our team is focusing its attention on Phase II of the project, demonstrating how technology and SmartSupports can be more thoroughly implemented into typical residential settings, throughout the community, and at work to support consumer choice, independence, and to create a more sustainable long-term care and service delivery system.