What is Life Sharing?
Individuals are invited to live with a family, couple, or single person.
The host(s) will assist individuals in acquiring, maintaining, or enhancing skills essential for community living, encouraging greater independence, and engaging meaningfully in community activities. Services include support, guidance, and assistance in all aspects of daily life.
Individuals are still eligible to participate in day programs, receive other services, and tailor the supports to their needs.
Are you looking for a way to make a meaningful impact in the life of an individual with an Intellectual Disability?
Become a Life Sharing Partner!
Welcoming someone into your home as a Life Sharing Partner means sharing your lives together. In this role, you would assist the individual in living their most independent life within the comfort of a family environment. Here are some ways you can provide support:
- Home management.
- Healthcare management.
- Relationship development.
- Communication skills.
- Community participation.
- And much more!
Life Sharing Partners receive a monthly stipend for the continuous care and support they offer, while also experiencing the personal fulfillment of sharing their lives and having a positive impact on the individuals they support.
Have questions about our Life Sharing Services?
Please contact our In-Home Services Program Manager, Lauren Zak at 412-381-0277 ext. 280. Or…
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Services consist of support in the general areas of self-care, communication, fine and gross motor skills, mobility, therapeutic activities, personal adjustment, relationship development, socialization, and use of community resources. Home and Community Supports is scheduled in 15-minute units, and is provided at a one to one staff / individual ratio.
The Emmaus mission calls us to share our lives with one another.
Every time we welcome a new resident at Emmaus, we commit to providing the highest quality of care to that person for the rest of his or her life. That means sharing meals, working together, holding celebrations, facing our challenges, and building friendships. We value the unique gifts that each of our residents brings to this Community.
Meet Camille & Frank.
After their mother passed, this brother and sister found a good quality of life together at Emmaus.
Meet Gina.
She lives in a beautiful Emmaus home with two housemates, and works in a vocational training program five days a week.
Meet Patty.
When her mother moved into a nursing home, Patty found a new and permanent home here with Emmaus.
Meet Matt.
Matt’s parents recognized the need for a long term plan for Matt when the day came that they could no longer care for him.
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