Real Life Options Macduff
Home care in Macduff, registered for 14 people. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Home care
- Registered places
- 14
- Address
- 26 Shore Street, Macduff, AB44 1TX
- Telephone
- 01261 831 459
- Registered provider
- Real Life Options
- Registered manager
- Forbes Sutherland
- Registered since
- 2016-04-11
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 5 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 0.1
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 14 beds it is smaller than 42% of the 12 home care agencies in Aberdeenshire.
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
sCS2015342053- Regulator location ID
CS2015342053- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2025-05-20
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
- Care at Home
The operator’s wider record
Real Life Options runs 56 services in the UK with 369 beds. Across the estate:
- 12 excellent
- 37 good
- 5 need improvement
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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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