Care home · Castle Douglas, Scotland

Dunmuir Park Respite Unit

Very good or better in every area graded (5/6) Care Inspectorate

Dunmuir Park Respite Unit is a care home in Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway, run by Dumfries & Galloway Council. It is registered for 3 people, with 3 single bedrooms.

Address
The Rowans, 11-12 Dunmuir Park, Castle Douglas, DG7 1LP
Run by
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Type of provider
Council-run
Type of care home
Learning Disabilities
Places
3 (3 single rooms)
Main area of care
Learning difficulties
Also cares for
Acquired brain injury, Autism spectrum disorders, Hearing impairment, Learning difficulties, Mental health problems (other than dementia), Neurological condition (other than dementia), Physical disability or illness, Visual impairment
Council area
Dumfries & Galloway
Registered
August 2008
Last inspection
6 October 2025

Care Inspectorate grades

How well do we support people's wellbeing?5 · Very good
How well is care and support planned?5 · Very good
How good is our setting?5 · Very good
How good is our staff team?5 · Very good
How good is our leadership?5 · Very good

Grades published 27 October 2025. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.

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Dunmuir Park Respite Unit compared with care homes in Dumfries & Galloway

  • Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 5 (very good). Of the other 30 care homes in Dumfries & Galloway, 0 have a higher lowest grade and 2 have the same. 60% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
  • Grade by theme against the Dumfries & Galloway average. Wellbeing 5 (area average 4.2); Care planning 5 (area average 4.2); Setting 5 (area average 3.9); Staff team 5 (area average 4.2); Leadership 5 (area average 4.0).
  • Last inspection. Inspected 13 months ago; the median for care homes in Dumfries & Galloway is 6 months.
  • Size. Registered for 3 people. The median is 32 for care homes in Dumfries & Galloway, and 0% are smaller.
  • Staffing. 1.8 staff reported for 3 places, or 0.60 per place. The median for care homes in Dumfries & Galloway is 0.86. Reported staff numbers are a rough guide, not a safe-staffing measure, so ask the service how it staffs each shift.
  • Complaints and enforcement. The Care Inspectorate datastore records no upheld complaints and no enforcement notices for this service in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. 37% of the other care homes in Dumfries & Galloway have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
  • Registered. On the regulator's register since August 2008 (18.3 years); the median for care homes in Dumfries & Galloway is 18.7 years.
  • Same provider. Dumfries & Galloway Council also runs 3 other regulated services in Scotland (0 care homes, 3 care at home) across 1 council area, including Care & Support Services, Dumfries & Galloway Council (Dumfries & Galloway), Castle Douglas Community Support Services (Dumfries & Galloway), Dunmuir Park Housing Support Service (Dumfries & Galloway).
  • Health board. Dumfries & Galloway sits in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area.

Compared with the other 30 care homes on this site in Dumfries & Galloway. Source: Care Inspectorate datastore. Grades describe the last inspection, not the service today.

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Paying for care in Scotland (2026/27)

  • Free personal care for adults assessed as needing it, at any age: in a care home the council pays £260.30 a week towards personal care, plus £117.10 a week for nursing care if needed.
  • Care home fees are means-tested: savings above £36,750 mean you pay the rest of the fee yourself; below £22,750 savings are ignored, and £1 a week is counted for every £250 in between.
  • Personal care at home (help with washing, dressing, eating) is free once the council assesses the need; other help at home may be charged.

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Service details and grades from the Care Inspectorate datastore, checked November 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is an independent directory and does not provide care.

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