- About Us
- Business with a Difference
- Founder: Patrece Banks
A woman owned innovation company with a fresh new look and approach. Bringing back the basics to better inform healthcare providers and the end user.
An injury from a fall can change a life forever yet falls can be prevented. There are many simple non-invasive things people can do with dignity and well-being in mind. Education is key in making informed choices so you can prevent what can be prevented.
Certain tasks are fundamental to staying independent. The challenge is knowing what to do and what tools facilitate function vs. ones that don't. Our site guides you through key areas to help you make informed choices.
This company is not just about products it is about solutions for people, providers, caregivers, and government.
A company ahead of the curve........
Patrece Banks, CEO
Business with a Difference:
ICGI takes a different approach to business. It isn't just about selling
a product its about making a difference and knowing that you can little
by little, person by person.
Our commitment to make a difference goes beyond our products. Our
package assembly and distribution comes from the "South King County
Activity Center" (SKCAC) a non-profit organization that employs people
with disabilities.
Please visit:
www.skcac.com and be inspired.
Help us empower others!
Founder: Patrece Banks
Since my 1999 diagnosis I have worked with Dr. Kellas at the Center for Advanced
Medicine in CA (also an Outta Bed® user). I
will never forget when Dr. Kellas told me he was only the facilitator
and that it was my body (and me) doing the work. Considering what I have
been through, I agree.
There were days when I was so weak I could not feed
myself. No insurance would pay for my treatment and it scares me to think where I would be if I was not able to pay
for my healthcare.
I am actually quite healthy now and wondering when the system will get away from a focus on illness and into wellness. It is now happening. I could have had a few operations and lots of drugs but chose to work with my bodies own healing power not against it. Healing is a process just like illness.
Finally, I wake up in the morning feeling rested with
the ability to work without effort or pain most of the time. My goal has
been to live my life without pain. I am almost there. This goal will
allow me to help others instead of helping myself.
My father and inspiration: When my father was done with radiation in
early 2004 he was sent home on massive pain killers, to die. There were
no more appointments he was just sent home. This was unbelievable to me
but almost acceptable to him since doctors know best.
If, we had better tools and information regarding his choices and
services he would have had better care. Instead he died in a nursing
home. Within a six week period in a high end nursing home in Seattle he
was abused and did not get the services he was in the nursing home for.
ICGI wants to make sure others are better informed and have better
choices.
My father was a proud WW2 veteran and seeing him suffer like he did made
me realize how things need to change. As a baby boomer myself I know
change must happen.
Background:
Entrepreneur, international business Europe and Asia,
insurance industry, government, property development, stock trader, and
now
inventor.
Mona Foundation: Co-founder Mona
Foundation (link)
Philanthropic involvement: Bastyr University, and Mona Foundation
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese
Member World Future Society since 1999
Participant in:
FDA Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup
WA Patient Safety Coalition
Stop Falls Network of California
Updated March 9, 2008