Commissioning Shared Lives services

Shared Lives schemes are one way of providing more personalised services. Schemes recruit, assess and support Shared Lives carers who offer accommodation and/or care and support to people who use services, older people, people with mental health problems and those with learning and/or physical disabilities, in their family home.

Adult placements and person-centred approaches for people with learning disabilities
SCIE Guide 8
Published: September 2005

Improving outcomes for people in shared living arrangements
SCIE At a glance 2

Adult placements in England: A synthesis of the literature
SCIE Other