Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

Shared lives schemes support adults with a learning disability, mental health problem or other needs that make it harder for them to live on their own. They are run by a local authority or other person either as a profit or non-profit scheme. The schemes recruit and train adult Shared lives carers, make arrangements to match a person with an approved Shared lives carer, and support and monitor placements. These types of scheme are referred to as Shared lives, Shared life schemes or Homeshare programmes. They were previously referred to as Adult Placement Schemes. See more details about Shared lives schemes on NHS.UK.