About Shared Lives

What is Shared Lives?

Shared Lives offers people who require care and support the opportunity to live independently within a supportive family setting. Unlike traditional care, this scheme focuses on building a strong relationship between the individual and the Carer, along with those in the Carer's circle of family and friends, even the family pet!

The individual can visit their Shared Lives Carer for a few hours during the day, stay the night or even choose to move in, and live with them and share in their life.

This is a community and strength-based approach to enable people to live meaningful and fulfilled lives, which is done by sharing a home and becoming part of a family.

Key benefits include:

• care delivered in a real home, not an institution
• strong, trust-based relationships
• flexible support options
• choice and control over your carer and lifestyle