Gowrie House Care Home
Care home in Kirkcaldy, registered for 60 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Setting | Very good |
| Staff team | Good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 60
- Address
- 18-20 West Albert Road, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1DL
- Telephone
- 01592 597 066
- Registered provider
- Gowrie Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Elaine Berry
- Registered since
- 2020-08-27
- Local authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 7 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 60
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 60 beds it is larger than 78% 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
sCS2020379154- Regulator location ID
CS2020379154- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-07-16
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.
Complaints and enforcement
The Care Inspectorate publishes complaint and enforcement counts for the last three reporting years. For this service: 1 complaint upheld and 0 enforcements issued.
Who this service is for
- Older People
- Acquired brain injury
- Hearing impairment
- Korsakoffs syndrome
- Mental health problems (other than dementia)
- Neurological condition (other than dementia)
- Older people - dementia
- Older people - frailty
- Palliative and end of life care
- Physical disability or illness
- Visual impairment
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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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