Abbeyfield House Care Home
Care home in Kirkcaldy, registered for 30 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Setting | Very good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 30
- Address
- 55 Meldrum Road, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5HY
- Telephone
- 01592 205 491
- Registered provider
- Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Ltd
- Registered manager
- Heather Bethune
- Registered since
- 2002-04-01
- Local authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 6 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 34.53
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 30 beds it is smaller than 25% of the 79 care homes in Fife.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
sCS2003007083- Regulator location ID
CS2003007083- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-03-14
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Older People
- Older people - dementia
- Older people - frailty
The operator’s wider record
Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Ltd runs 2 services in the UK with 45 beds. Across the estate:
- 1 excellent
- 1 good
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Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by Care Inspectorate and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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