High praise for Isle of Wight Shared Lives scheme in first CQC inspection The Shared Lives service was launched to provide more options for people to be able to live full lives, as members of their communities, in a home they could call their own, with the care and support they need Shared Lives was inspected in April and was given a good rating by inspectors. Living independently in their community Launched in 2018, the initiative helps people with learning or physical disabilities, autism, a sensory impairment or mental health condition to live independently in their community. In the report, inspectors said,