Real Life Options Portlethen
Supported living in Portlethen, registered for 11 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Supported living
- Registered places
- 11
- Address
- 15A Bracken Road, Portlethen, AB12 4TA
- Telephone
- 01224 783 775
- Registered provider
- Real Life Options
- Registered manager
- Michelle Nicholson
- Registered since
- 2016-03-30
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 7 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 11.3
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 11 beds it is smaller than 17% of the 12 supported living services 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
sCS2015342024- Regulator location ID
CS2015342024- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-04-03
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.
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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Good Last inspected about a year ago
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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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