Care in Scotland
Care at home services in Highland
75 care at home services in Highland, run by 42 providers. Of the 71 with Care Inspectorate grades, 63 (89%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
75
run by 42 providers
Average grade
4.5 / 6
Scotland: 4.5. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
56%
42 of 75. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How care at home services in Highland are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 71 of 75 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 0
- Very good (5) 18
- Good (4) 45
- Adequate (3) 5
- Weak (2) 3
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Care at home services in Highland
| Service | Town | Lowest grade | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyfield Ballachulish (Support Service) | Ballachulish | 5 Very good | Sep 2018 |
| Airdferry Resource Centre | Kyle | 5 Very good | Dec 2016 |
| Alzheimer Scotland - Ross-shire Service | Tain | 5 Very good | Apr 2026 |
| British Red Cross- Support at Home | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Care at Home and Enablement Service Badenoch and Strathspey | Aviemore | 5 Very good | Apr 2026 |
| Care at Home and Enablement Service Mid Ross | Dingwall | 5 Very good | Nov 2025 |
| Contrast Care Limited | Beauly | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Fraser Elite | Inverness | 5 Very good | Apr 2026 |
| Fraser Home Care | Inverness | 5 Very good | Apr 2026 |
| Gateway Housing Support Service and Care at Home Service | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Keltic Care Limited Support Service - Care at Home | Inverness | 5 Very good | Aug 2026 |
| Kyleakin Connections | Isle of Skye | 5 Very good | Apr 2017 |
| L'Arche Highland | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2025 |
| Laurandy Day Centre | Wick | 5 Very good | May 2019 |
| Reach4Reality | INVERNESS | 5 Very good | Sep 2019 |
| SNAP Support Service | Inverness | 5 Very good | Oct 2024 |
| Tigh na Drochaid | Portree | 5 Very good | May 2017 |
| Trusted Travel Buddies | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jul 2026 |
| Bayview House (Support Service) | Thurso | 4 Good | Sep 2026 |
| Caithness Care @ Home Service | Wick | 4 Good | Mar 2026 |
| Cantray Square Care at Home Service | Inverness | 4 Good | Jul 2026 |
| Care at Home and Enablement Service East Ross | Invergordon | 4 Good | Dec 2025 |
| Care at Home and Enablement Service Nairn | Nairn | 4 Good | Jun 2026 |
| Carr Gomm North | INVERNESS | 4 Good | May 2023 |
| Castle Care (Scotland) Ltd | Inverness | 4 Good | Apr 2026 |
| Centred Care at Home Service Inverness | INVERNESS | 4 Good | Feb 2026 |
| Corbett Centre | Inverness | 4 Good | Feb 2025 |
| Crossroads Care - Skye & Lochalsh | Portree | 4 Good | Sep 2025 |
| Eildon Limited Support Service - Care at Home | Inverness | 4 Good | Jul 2026 |
| Eilean Dubh Home Care | Culbokie | 4 Good | Aug 2025 |
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Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.
Where care at home services are in Highland
Inverness 38 Invergordon 4 Fort William 3 Isle of Skye 3 Muir of Ord 3 THURSO 3 Aviemore 2 Culbokie 2 Dingwall 2 Nairn 2 Portree 2 Wick 2 Ballachulish 1 Beauly 1
The wider picture in Highland
- 210 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 28,960 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 36,984 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 38% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).
Common questions
How many care at home services are there in Highland?
There are 75 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.
How are care at home services in Highland graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 71 of these have published grades. For 63 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 3 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.
How recently have they been inspected?
42 of the 75 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.
How do I choose one?
Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.
Other care in Highland
Nurseries and day care for children 197 Childminders 118 Care at home services 75 Care homes 63 Housing support services 39 All care in Highland
Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.