When John Fowlkes's adult daughter suggested installing an electronic monitoring system in his apartment to oversee his well-being from afar, "I was very skeptical," he says. To Mr. Fowlkes, 86, who has an active social life including an 80-year-old girlfriend, the idea evoked thoughts of Big Brother. Read the full article here.
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The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International accredited the first technology-based supported living program on October 31, 2007; the recipient, Innovative Services, Inc., of Green Bay, Wisconsin, received a three-year accreditation for its supported living program that uses Community Management Initiative, Inc.’s (CMI) SimplyHome customized remote monitoring and data reporting system.
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