Care home · Elgin, Scotland

The Grove

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

The Grove is a care home in Elgin, Moray, run by Abbeyside Nursing Homes Limited. It is registered for 60 people, with 60 single bedrooms.

Address
Pluscarden Road, Elgin, IV30 8TE
Run by
Abbeyside Nursing Homes Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private)
Type of care home
Older People
Places
60 (60 single rooms)
Main area of care
Older people - frailty
Also cares for
Alcohol related brain injury, Hearing impairment, Korsakoffs syndrome, Mental health problems (other than dementia), Neurological condition (other than dementia), Older people - dementia, Older people - frailty, Palliative and end of life care, Physical disability or illness,
Council area
Moray
Registered
July 2010
Last inspection
25 September 2025
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?5 · Very good
How good is our staff team?5 · Very good
How good is our leadership?5 · Very good

Grades published 16 October 2025. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.

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The Grove compared with care homes (older people) in Moray

  • Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 12 care homes (older people) in Moray, 4 have a higher lowest grade and 6 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 Moray average. Wellbeing 4 (area average 4.4); Care planning 4 (area average 4.4); Setting 5 (area average 4.5); Staff team 5 (area average 4.4); Leadership 5 (area average 4.4).
  • Last inspection. Inspected 14 months ago; the median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 8 months.
  • Size. Registered for 60 people. The median is 42 for care homes (older people) in Moray, and 100% are smaller.
  • Staffing. 51.0 staff reported for 60 places, or 0.85 per place. The median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 0.79. 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. 25% of the other care homes (older people) in Moray have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
  • Registered. On the regulator's register since July 2010 (16.3 years); the median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 23.7 years.
  • Same provider. Abbeyside Nursing Homes Limited also runs 2 other regulated services in Scotland (2 care homes, 0 care at home) across 1 council area, including Abbeyvale (Care Home) (Moray), Abbeyside Nursing Home (Moray).
  • Health board. Moray sits in the NHS Grampian area.

Compared with the other 12 care homes (older people) on this site in Moray. 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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