Finding places to live
Information about finding suitable accommodation for your care needs.
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Going into a care home is a major commitment for your future. It involves changing where you live and potentially committing to paying a considerable amount of money for your ongoing housing and care needs. Before you opt for a move to a care home, you should think about other issues, less disruptive and, potentially, less costly options, including:
- home care
- help to live independently at home
- a Shared Lives arrangement - usually suitable for the needs of younger disabled adults (age 16-64)
- supported living.
Other alternatives include:
- Extra Care housing scheme - offers independence with an increased level of care and support
- Sheltered housing - warden controlled housing which offers independence with an increased level of care and support.
Housing information packs
People drawing on care and support in Leicester can find out about a range housing options, giving them greater choice and independence.
Our housing information packs are for those with support needs, parents and carers, professionals and an easy read guide on choice-based letting. Choice-based letting is a new way to rent a home from the council and some housing associations.
These packs include tools to help people make their own housing plans and their own decisions. The packs are:
- Housing information pack for those with support needs
- Housing information pack for parents and carers
- Housing information pack for professionals
- Housing information pack - resources and housing factsheet
- Housing information pack - choice-based letting easy read guide
Elsewhere on the web
Useful publications on finding accommodation: