Over the past two years the St. Amant centre has been moving some of their clients into community based care homes, but some families say their developmentally disabled loved ones are being forced out.

Tony Warzel's brother Mark has lived at St. Amant for most of his life.

"We love the staff. We love the services they provide. Never has there been a complaint out of us,” he said.

But things changed recently.

"I felt that my brother was being disrespected being that he had been there for 42 years," he said.

Tony says his brother is slated to move into a community home within the next year and a half.

"I worry about his safety. I worry about his mental state, and I worry about his life," said Warzel.

He said his brother needs round-the-clock care. Since their parents passing, Tony is Mark’s primary decision maker and he claims he wasn't consulted about transitioning his brother into a community care home.

A doubt echoed by Shelley Doudiet. Her son Gregory is scheduled to move too. Doudiet says Gregory has self-injuring behavior and she worries how he’ll react to a change of scenery.

"If he's in a group home he's not going to be looked after, and I'm sorry he's not going. He's only 12," she said holding back tears.

The concerns come from a strategic plan that was released two years ago by St. Amant. The plan includes moving 15 clients a year into community based homes.

"We know change is hard and we want to walk with each of those families," said John Leggat, the president and CEO of St. Amant.

He said the facility is ready for change and says these moves will open up space for expanded respite care and emergency crisis services.

"So, over time we would like to achieve a transition to community for everybody we identify as being able to benefit from that," Leggat said.

They've identified 60 out of 167 residents to move and one of them was Julie Eyers. Her mother Verna said Julie loves it in her new home.

"She likes having her own space and her own house and her friends. This was a good fit," she said.

But Warzel argues every case is substantially different.

He would like to see the moves halted until more assessments are done and to have his brother stay at St. Amant because he's flourished for so long.