The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Single occupancy and shared rooms - adults E+W

45.—(1) Where the service provider is providing a care home service which includes the provision of accommodation for individuals who are adults, the service provider must ensure that all adults are accommodated in single rooms. But this requirement does not apply if either—

(a) the conditions in paragraph (2) are met, or

(b) paragraph (3) applies.

(2) The conditions are —

(a) an adult agrees to sharing a room with another adult;

(b) sharing a room is consistent with the well-being of both adults;

(c) the personal plans of both adults have been reviewed and revised as necessary;

(d) the number of adults who are accommodated in shared rooms does not exceed 15% of the total number of adults accommodated by the service.

(3) This paragraph applies if the following conditions are met—

(a) the care home service was registered as a care home under the Care Standards Act 2000;

(b) the number of adults accommodated in shared rooms at the relevant time exceeded 15% of the total number of adults accommodated by the service at the relevant time;

(c) all the adults who are accommodated in shared rooms were sharing a room with another adult at the relevant time.

(4) In paragraph (3) of this regulation, “the relevant time” means the time the service provider was registered under the Act as the provider of the care home service.