- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 year ago
- Girvan, KA26 0HW
- 45 registered places
Scotland
Care homes in South Ayrshire
There are 33 care homes in South Ayrshire registered with the Care Inspectorate, the regulator of care services in Scotland. Between them they have 1,279 registered places.
29 of the 32 with grades from the Care Inspectorate (91%) have Good, Very good or Excellent as their lowest grade across the key questions graded. 1 has no grades shown, usually because the Care Inspectorate has not graded it yet. Care Inspectorate data as at 31 August 2026.
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How care homes in South Ayrshire are graded
The 32 with grades from Care Inspectorate, counted by their lowest grade across the key questions graded. Care Inspectorate gives no overall grade; the lowest grade is a figure it publishes itself. Grades are in Care Inspectorate’s own words, and we never turn them into a score of our own.
- Lowest grade: Excellent0 services (0%)
- Lowest grade: Very good5 services (16%)Show them: lowest grade Very good
- Lowest grade: Good24 services (75%)Show them: lowest grade Good
- Lowest grade: Adequate3 services (9%)Show them: lowest grade Adequate
- Lowest grade: Weak0 services (0%)
- Lowest grade: Unsatisfactory0 services (0%)
- No grades shown1 serviceShow them: no grades shown
A service with no grades may be new, or Care Inspectorate may not have graded it yet. What the ratings mean.
Care homes in South Ayrshire
Showing 1 to 20 of 33 services.
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 3 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2TR
- 25 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 7 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 1LD
- 50 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 7 months ago
- Troon, KA10 6ER
- 32 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 3 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2DQ
- 20 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 2 months ago
- Prestwick, KA9 2GY
- 63 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 8 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2RD
- 26 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 7 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2RQ
- 4 registered places
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 8 months ago
- Ayr, KA8 0LS
- 80 registered places
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Adequate
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 2 months ago
- Kilmarnock, KA1 5PU
- 27 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 year ago
- Ayr, KA7 4AA
- 59 registered places
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Adequate
- Leadership: Adequate
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 5 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2TY
- 31 registered places
- Wellbeing: Excellent
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Excellent
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 7 months ago
- Kilmarnock, KA2 9DB
- 90 registered places
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 5 months ago
- Maybole, KA19 8AF
- 40 registered places
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 11 months ago
- Ayr, KA8 9FG
- 80 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 6 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 2UX
- 61 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Excellent
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 2 months ago
- Ayr, KA7 4GH
- 52 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 year ago
- Kilmarnock, KA1 5PU
- 12 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 3 months ago
- Girvan, KA26 9HR
- 15 registered places
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Setting: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 8 months ago
- Prestwick, KA9 1QL
- 43 registered places
Other kinds of care in South Ayrshire
Services registered with Care Inspectorate here, by kind of care.
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Questions about care in South Ayrshire
How many care homes are there in South Ayrshire?
There are 33 care homes in South Ayrshire registered with the Care Inspectorate, the regulator of care services in Scotland. Between them they have 1,279 registered places.
How are care homes in South Ayrshire rated?
29 of the 32 with grades from the Care Inspectorate (91%) have Good, Very good or Excellent as their lowest grade across the key questions graded. 1 has no grades shown, usually because the Care Inspectorate has not graded it yet. Care Inspectorate data as at 31 August 2026. In Scotland, the Care Inspectorate grades each service on a six-point scale, from Excellent to Unsatisfactory, for each key question that applies to its type of service. It gives no overall grade, so we do not show one. We show each grade as the Care Inspectorate publishes it and never turn it into a score of our own.
How do I choose a care home in South Ayrshire?
Start with the help the person needs now and might need later, and shortlist a few services near the people who will visit. Check each one’s latest Care Inspectorate grades and how old it is, read its latest inspection report, and where you can, visit or meet the team more than once before you decide. Ask what is included in the fees and what happens if needs change. This is general information, not advice.
Who pays for care in South Ayrshire?
It depends on the person’s needs and finances. Some people pay for all of their own care, some get help from their council, and the NHS pays for some health care. The first step is to ask your local council for a free assessment of care needs: that is the council’s social work service. We do not show prices and this is general information, not advice.
How up to date is this information?
This page uses Care Inspectorate data as at 31 August 2026. We check for new data from the regulator every day, and each service page shows the date of the data it uses.
Choosing care homes
A care home is a place to live where staff help with things like washing, dressing, eating and taking medicines, day and night. In Scotland all care homes are registered as one kind of service, and the Care Inspectorate does not say which of them have nurses, so ask each home what nursing it provides.
Things to check
- Visit more than once, at different times of day, and ask to see where meals are served.
- Ask how many staff are on duty at night, and how often agency staff are used.
- Ask what is included in the weekly fee and what costs extra, and how often fees can change.
- Read the latest Care Inspectorate report, not only the rating, and ask the manager about anything it raises.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
Care Inspectorate data as at 31 August 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
Contains Care Inspectorate data © Care Inspectorate, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Care Comparison is independent and is not connected to or endorsed by the Care Inspectorate.