Is Shared Lives for me?
Shared Lives suits many people – over 10,000 people already enjoy visiting or living with a Shared Lives carer.
Shared Lives is based around matching. With the help of your local scheme, you can choose who supports you, based on your shared interests and values.
That means not only will you get the professional support you need, but you and your Shared Lives carer – and their friends and family – could become good friends.
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"”
