Guess Who’s Touring The SmartHomes?

Touring Imagine!’s Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont yesterday: members of the Rotary Club of Longmont as part of their "non-profit day out."

Technology Tuesday

Here’s an quick story of someone who accepts services from Imagine! who is using social media to promote his original artwork.

Ron is an artist whose passion for nature scenes comes to life through his truly impressive talent. With the help of Imagine! CORE/Labor Source Communications Instructor Sarah Fenton, Ron started a Facebook page, Stroke of Nature, to get his art out there and into the public eye.

From the artist: "Here is a link to my website. I have been updating it weekly with two pieces. I am hoping to make a sale or more, and increase the number of people looking at my site."

Thank You, Rusk Family

Today we’d like to share a short video highlighting the Rusk family, who volunteer together each week at Imagine!’s Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome. Thank you Isabelle, Serena, Kristin, and Jason for all you do for Imagine!.
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Technology Tuesday

This week's Tech Tuesday takes us to Imagine!’s Santa Fe Group Home in Broomfield, where Donna has joined a group of individuals working on medication self-reliance by using a computer-based medication tracking system designed by Imagine! staff members. Here she is, filling her medication reminder box for the first time. Keep up the great work, Donna!

To learn more about the medication tracking system Donna is using, check out the short video below about Donna’s friend Lana.

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Guess Who's Touring The SmartHomes?

Touring the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont today: local restaurateur Vivian Chen and representatives from our good friends and supporters at BCinteriors.

Technology Tuesday

Last Friday, ANCOR hosted its 2016 Technology Summit and Showcase and once again, Imagine! representatives were at the forefront.

The day began with a panel discussion entitled “What's Your 'Why' for Using Technology?” Panelists included Gerald Bernard, Executive Director, Charles Lea Center, Allen Ray, President/CEO, SimplyHome, and Imagine!’s own Director of Business Operations, Greg Wellems. The panelists discussed how enabling technology should be less about a person’s needs and more about their abilities, capabilities, and potential for success through natural supports, as well as how each of their companies are taking a uniquely different approach in creating outcomes by first redefining their corporate missions.

Later in the day, attendees had the opportunity to learn how to “Reduce Liability and Costs with an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR),” presented by Geoff Cooper, President, CaraSolva, and Imagine! Charles Family SmartHome Site Supervisor Chris DiRosa. The pair discussed how providers are reducing liability, costs, and improving individual health outcomes via point of care systems including electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR).

Imagine!’s representation at the ANCOR Tech Summit is another example of how we continue to lead the way in exploring the many ways technology can be used to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Thanks Greg and Chris for being our Imagine! Tech Evangelists!

Guess Who's Touring The SmartHomes?

Touring the Charles Family SmartHome in Longmont yesterday: representatives from Ohio-based Franklin County Residential Services. Thanks for visiting and experiencing first-hand how technology is changing the lives or people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Technology Tuesday

This week’s Technology Tuesday provides an update on Imagine!’s Tuneberg Remote Supports Project.

Thanks to the generosity of Aaron's Fund, Imagine! has created a technology demonstration project to improve and support the safety needs for adults with disabilities. The project is currently supporting five individuals throughout Boulder County. The Tuneberg Project has developed specific tool to assess individual support needs and identify the technologies that will best help meet those needs. The technology that has been purchased is individualized to the identified needs and includes door and window sensors, heat and stove detectors, medication reminders, visual doorbells, prompting systems for daily tasks, which are all integrated into a notification system that provides alerts to caregivers or 911.

This technology allows people to be monitored remotely and notifies loved ones or caregivers when people are home and what area of the apartment or living space they are accessing. All systems allow the individuals to remain independent while still promoting their safety by remotely locking doors, monitoring when someone comes to their doors and providing alerts when a door or window is opened at an unusual time.

In one case the system was able to alert us that one of the individuals was wandering in the middle of the night and it notified a nearby caregiver to help assist and address the support needs.

Example system, image provided by SimplyHome, which is behind many of the remote supports technology used in Imagine!’s Tuneberg Remote Supports Project

The Tuneberg Project is helping to fill a huge gap that currently exists in services for adults with intellectual disabilities who are mostly independent but need some assistance to remain safe and self-reliant. As part of this project Imagine! will be sharing the results of this three year project with state and local leaders to encourage the adoption of technology into the service system.

To see previous updates on Imagine!’s Tuneberg Remote Supports Project, click on a link below.

August 16, 2016 

March 1, 2016