Salford Shared Lives

What is Shared Lives?

Shared Lives is a service where approved carers share their home and their lives with a person who needs support to live a good life. You share everyday life with your Shared Lives Carer and their friends and family. Shared Lives Carers can give a helping hand in getting dressed, getting to appointments, making friends, cooking together or voting for your favourite dancers on Strictly! You have support that makes you feel independent, make new friends and learn new skills.

How to use Shared Lives

Your assessment will tell us what form of support you need and a member of the Shared Lives team will meet with you to talk about this so that we can match you with the right carer.

Shared Lives Carers offer different types of support, for example you might need somewhere to live and so you might move into the home of a carer who has a spare room. Or if you and your usual carer need a break from each other you might go to stay with a Shared Lives Carers home for a few days. Or if you want to stay in your own home you might be matched with a carer who can meet you every week to go to an activity, or support you whilst your usual carer takes a break.

Does Shared Lives have a cost?

Yes. Support from Shared Lives can be self-funded. Alternatively Adult Social Care can refer you to our service to commission the support, a financial assessment will be completed to see what your contribution would be towards your care support.

How to access Shared Lives?

You can self-refer to our service if you are funding your own care.

Adult Social Care may refer you to our service if you have eligible care needs and they feel your needs can be met by our service.

Find out more about Salford Shared Lives

This page was last updated on 16 April 2025