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The Shared Lives Scheme (Formerly the Adult Placement Scheme)is family based care for vulnerable adults.  Our purpose is to provide a range of quality services across Worcestershire, which enable vulnerable adults to share in family and community life and which promote the strengths and abilities of each individual.

Shared Lives montage ImageThe Shared Lives Scheme accepts referrals for vulnerable and disabled people over the age of 18.

People who are able to access our services:

  • People with physical disabilities
  • People with learning disabilities
  • People with sensory impairments
  • Users of mental health services
  • Older people
  • People with acquired brain injuries
  • Carers

Information Download

Download the Shared Lives information This document is in Adobe PDF format (211 KB) which includes all the information on the Shared Lives web pages.

PDF Large Text Version Large print version of the Shared Lives information. This document is in Adobe PDF format (224 KB)

Find out more

You can ask for help yourself or you may ask someone such as a relative, friend or health professional to contact us on your behalf. In the first instance contact should be made with:

The Access Centre.

Tel: 0845 607 2000

Email: socialcare@worcestershire.gov.uk.

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  • NAAPS 
    NAAPS is a UK charity which represents the interests of all those involved in Shared Lives (formerly Adult Placement), other Small Community Services and Homeshare and promotes high standards of practice.

We are not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more

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This page was last reviewed 14 February 2012 at 15:01.
The page is next due for review 12 August 2013.

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