Care home · Maybole, Scotland

Fairknowe

Good or better in every area graded (4/6) Care Inspectorate

Fairknowe is a care home in Maybole, South Ayrshire, run by Mead Medical Services Limited. It is registered for 41 people, with 25 single bedrooms.

Address
Fairknowe House, 3 Cargill Road, Maybole, KA19 8AF
Run by
Mead Medical Services Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private)
Type of care home
Older People
Places
41 (25 single rooms, 16 beds in shared rooms)
Main area of care
Older people - frailty
Also cares for
Alcohol related brain injury, Acquired brain injury, Hearing impairment, Korsakoffs syndrome, Mental health problems (other than dementia), Neurological condition (other than dementia), Older people - dementia, Palliative and end of life care, Physical disability or illness, Visual impairment
Council area
South Ayrshire
Registered
July 2006
Last inspection
10 April 2026
Complaints upheld (since April 2025)
1

Care Inspectorate grades

How well do we support people's wellbeing?4 · Good
How well is care and support planned?4 · Good
How good is our setting?4 · Good
How good is our staff team?4 · Good
How good is our leadership?4 · Good

Grades published 28 April 2026. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.

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Fairknowe compared with care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire

  • Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 24 care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire, 4 have a higher lowest grade and 16 have the same. 83% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
  • Grade by theme against the South Ayrshire average. Wellbeing 4 (area average 4.8); Care planning 4 (area average 4.4); Setting 4 (area average 4.6); Staff team 4 (area average 4.5); Leadership 4 (area average 4.4).
  • Last inspection. Inspected 7 months ago; the median for care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire is 7 months.
  • Size. Registered for 41 people. The median is 46 for care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire, and 46% are smaller.
  • Staffing. 22.0 staff reported for 41 places, or 0.54 per place. The median for care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire is 0.98. 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 1 upheld complaint and no enforcement notices for this service in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. 29% of the other care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
  • Registered. On the regulator's register since July 2006 (20.3 years); the median for care homes (older people) in South Ayrshire is 15.1 years.
  • Same provider. Mead Medical Services Limited also runs 4 other regulated services in Scotland (4 care homes, 0 care at home) across 2 council areas, including Westfield (Dumfries & Galloway), Lydiafield Care Home (Dumfries & Galloway), Burnfoot Coach House (Dumfries & Galloway), Louisebrae (Perth & Kinross).
  • Health board. South Ayrshire sits in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area.

Compared with the other 24 care homes (older people) on this site in South Ayrshire. 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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