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If you qualify for CFC services and you live alone, are alone for long periods of the day, or you live with others who cannot contact emergency services, you could qualify for a Basic PERS, or Basic PERS plus add-ons. Watch the video to learn more. Click here to watch the whole series of CFC videos produced by Developmental Disabilities Community Services:    • Community First Choice for People with Dev...   Transcript with Visual Descriptions NARRATOR (Female Voice): Community First Choice Personal Emergency Response Systems. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] Illustrated backdrop of a café exterior. Animated text in white font, set against blue stipe at top of screen reads, “Community First Choice.” A White male waiter enters from the right and gestures toward a menu of CFC services. The menu heading reads, “Personal Emergency Response Systems.” The graphic of an alert bracelet enlarges to fill the screen. NARRATOR: If you qualify for CFC services and you live alone, are alone for long periods of the day, or you live with others who cannot contact emergency services, you could qualify for a Basic PERS. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] Line drawing of a house with a young White man standing next to it alone. An operator holds up a red x sign next to emergency services. NARRATOR: A Basic PERS is an electronic device you wear, like a necklace or bracelet, that you use to get help in an emergency. It is connected to an emergency response center through your landline or mobile phone. When activated, it calls the response center for you. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] The young man is on the floor, rubbing his head. An electronic device around his neck beeps. The signal bounces off a radio tower and the scene switches to a call center. NARRATOR: You may also qualify for add-ons to the Basic PERS device. Global Positioning System (GPS) add-on – can be activated to provide your location if you are lost or unable to find your way home. It’s not for tracking someone’s location all day long. There are additional requirements for children who use the GPS service. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] An illustrated map with a bouncing locator pin and a Black man at a call center talking on the phone on the right side of the screen. NARRATOR: Other PERS add-ons include fall detection. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] A Brown older man trips over a footstool and falls. An electronic device around his neck beeps. Inset image of a call center operator responding to the fall. NARRATOR: And a medication reminder add-on, which is a reminder system that will notify you when it’s time to take your medications. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] A Brown woman in a wheelchair approaches a beeping device on the dining room table. A speech bubble reads, “It’s time for your 9 AM medication.” The woman takes her medication. NARRATOR: There are requirements to qualify for each of these add-ons. Check with your developmental disabilities case manager if you have questions about these requirements. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] Clipboard with a checklist and graphic images representing GPS, fall detection and medication reminder. NARRATOR: After you are approved for a PERS device or add-on, your developmental disabilities case manager will provide you with a list of contracted vendors to purchase from. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] Green APPROVED stamp. A woman case manager stands next to a scrolling screen. NARRATOR: If you qualify for CFC, you have access to a $550 annual budget to spend on PERS add-ons or PERS add-ons + two other CFC services. If the cost of your PERS add-ons exceed your $550 annual budget, your developmental disabilities case manager will request an exception to rule to cover the amount over $550. Your developmental disabilities case manager will walk you through the purchasing process. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION] Screen depicts the acronym for Exception to Rule, which is ETR. NARRATOR: For more information about PERS devices and your options, contact your developmental disabilities case manager. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION The young White man calls his DDCS case manager. Images fade to blue screen with the DSHS logo and website url dshs.wa.gov/dda. #End