Tag: independent living
Revolutionizing Care with GoodLife’s Neighborhood Network: A New Era of Independence and Support
In a world where caregivers play a crucial role in enabling independence, worries about their reliability and availability can be unsettling. For years, the direct support workforce, which provides essential care to those in need, has faced significant challenges. The scarcity of dedicated professionals and high turnover rates have been persistent issues, especially for in-home care services. Traditional solutions like… read more
Staff Profile: Erica Farrow
Some Things Will Never Be Replaced Just a couple of weeks ago, Open AI launched a new program called “Jukebox”. It generates original music in the style of famous pop stars. You feed the lightning quick neural net a request to create a composition in the style of Aretha Franklin, for example, and it comes up with a rather convincing… read more
The Future of GoodLife Staffing: What You Need to Know
Here at Goodlife, we’re on a mission to reinvent care for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and the people that help them. We recognize the daily challenges that our Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) face and are dedicated to systematically addressing them. Our goal is to not only offer greater work-life balance but to provide an improved quality of life… read more
Staff Profile: Cassidy Larkin
The Best Song Ever I knew from the beginning that this story was going to be complicated. It isn’t easy to define Cassidy Larkin. She is so many things. Where do you start? Where do you end? We were supposed to discuss her work, her professional goals and dreams but five minutes into our conversation I found myself talking to… read more
The 3-Day Workweek: An Innovative Approach to Staffing
The 3-Day Workweek: An Innovative Approach to Staffing Do you want to work fewer days each week, earn full-time income, and have a career that makes a difference? That’s exactly what GoodLife offers Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) with its innovative 3-day workweek. In this blog, we’ll highlight the details of the 3-day workweek and the benefits for our Direct Support… read more
Looking Ahead to 2023
Happy New Year to our readers and supporters. We have some exciting initiatives in store this year and we can’t wait to see how the seasons unfold. Our teams are proud to have generated some momentum across 2022 and the future is bright! We invite you to keep an eye on a few areas specifically that have been targeted to… read more
Professional Family Teachers finding Joy in Shared Living
Professional Family Teachers (PFTs) are the heart of GoodLife’s unique Shared Living Model. In this family-style living arrangement, a person with intellectual or developmental disabilities lives in the home of a carefully selected and highly trained host family. The individual is part of a caring family and has real-life opportunities to develop independence. Becoming a PFT is a rewarding career… read more
Benefits of Becoming a Shared Living Provider
Are you a Direct Service Provider (DSP) looking for a stable, rewarding job you can do from home? Working as a Shared Living Contractor may be the perfect career opportunity for you! In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of becoming a Shared Living Provider and how to get started as one. What is Shared Living? Shared Living (also known… read more
GoodLife U Video Blog: Back to the Future
This month we are calling this our Back to the Future episode and for good reason! Every now and then since the 1960’s, the vision for care has been cast and it’s a bit like a broken record. The story is always the same: people with different abilities want what we all want—a good life. “…people with different abilities want… watch now
Staff Profile: Meet Kaden Nix
GoodLife’s dedicated staff are the backbone of our organization so we love highlighting their stories and sharing their passions. This month we were excited to connect with Kaden, a valuable member of our Douglas County team and one of three Tommy Johnson Distinguished Service Award Winners this year at GoodLife. How long have you been with GoodLife? I have worked… read more
