Care home · Westhill, Scotland
Pitcairn Lodge Nursing Home
Care Inspectorate
Pitcairn Lodge Nursing Home is a care home in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, run by Sanctuary Care Limited. It is registered for 55 people, with 55 single bedrooms.
- Address
- Kirkston of Skene, Westhill, AB32 6XT
- Run by
- Sanctuary Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private)
- Type of care home
- Older People
- Places
- 55 (55 single rooms)
- Main area of care
- Older people - frailty
- Also cares for
- Older people - dementia, Older people - frailty, Palliative and end of life care,
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Registered
- June 2020
- Last inspection
- 26 February 2026
Care Inspectorate grades
| How well do we support people's wellbeing? | 4 · 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 19 March 2026. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.
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Pitcairn Lodge Nursing Home compared with care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire
- Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 38 care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire, 3 have a higher lowest grade and 30 have the same. 87% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
- Grade by theme against the Aberdeenshire average. Wellbeing 4 (area average 4.3); Care planning 5 (area average 4.1); Setting 5 (area average 4.2); Staff team 5 (area average 4.2); Leadership 5 (area average 4.1).
- Last inspection. Inspected 9 months ago; the median for care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire is 7 months.
- Size. Registered for 55 people. The median is 39 for care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire, and 76% are smaller.
- Staffing. 36.0 staff reported for 55 places, or 0.65 per place. The median for care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire is 0.96. 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. 16% of the other care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
- Registered. On the regulator's register since June 2020 (6.4 years); the median for care homes (older people) in Aberdeenshire is 14.2 years.
- Same provider. Sanctuary Care Limited also runs 13 other regulated services in Scotland (12 care homes, 1 care at home) across 10 council areas, including Park Lodge Care Home (Aberdeenshire), Birch House Care Home (Aberdeen City), Camilla House Care Home (City of Edinburgh), Allanbank Care Home (Dumfries & Galloway).
- Health board. Aberdeenshire sits in the NHS Grampian area.
Compared with the other 38 care homes (older people) on this site in Aberdeenshire. 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.