Is Shared Lives for me?
Shared Lives suits many people – over 10,000 people already enjoy visiting or living with a Shared Lives carer.
When you choose who supports you, with the help of your local scheme, you and your Shared Lives carer, and their friends and family, often become friends – as well as getting the professional support you need.
Shared Lives carers support people from all walks of life.
You could visit or move in with a Shared Lives carer and their family, when you are looking for support during a life change:
- so you can leave hospital after treatment
- getting older and need an extra hand for daily tasks
- if you’re a young person leaving care
- rebuild your life after domestic abuse or modern slavery
or for longer term support:
- have a learning or physical disability
- experience dementia
- mental ill health
- or want to live with your child while needing care yourself.
“"I never dreamt I'd be so independent again"”
