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Residential care homes

Residential or nursing homes provide 24 hour care when you are no longer able to manage at home.

Speak to us

You should contact us if you need more support and are thinking about moving into a care home:

We'll make a full assessment and normally try to assist you to remain at home. We can work with you to find the best solutions to meet your needs and provide advice if we agree together that staying at home isn't possible.

You can look at residential care yourself but will have to make arrangements and organise payment directly.

Choosing a care home

There are lots of things to consider when you're choosing a home such as location, contracts and fees, availability and accommodation. You should:

We've produced some guidance to help:

If you've had an assessment from us then we'll be able to tell you what type of care you need. This information will help you to choose a care home that provides the right sort of service for you. 

Paying for a care home

Care home fees in Dumfries and Galloway can range from £525 to £800 a week. All potential care home residents will be expected to pay towards their fees but financial support may be available depending on your individual circumstances.

If you are looking for support from us then we'll carry out a financial assessment to work out whether you're able to contribute to the cost of your care and support package as well as how much you need to contribute. The assessments look at a number of important elements, including:

  • income (such as benefits and pensions)
  • outgoings (such as mortgage, rent and council tax payments)
  • capital (such as savings, bonds and stocks)

You'll need to pay the full cost of your care and support package if you're self-funding, come through us but don't want to provide financial information or have significant savings and investments.

Local care homes

Annandale and Eskdale

Local care homes
Care homeAddressTelephone number
Annan Court Watchall, Annan, DG12 6QP01461 203040
Burnfoot Hall Ecclefechan, DG11 3LG01576 300661
Bankfoot House Beech Grove, Moffat, DG10 9RS01683 220073
Dryfemount 11 St Brydes Terrace, Lockerbie, DG11 2EJ01576 203013
Lydiafield Standalane, Annan, DG12 5JR01461 203261
Notwen House Kirkpatrick Fleming, Lockerbie, DG11 3AU01461 800311
Singleton Park Courance, Lockerbie, DG11 1TS01387 860748
Westfield Dumfries Road, Lockerbie, DG11 2EF01576 202128

Nithsdale

Local care homes
Care homeAddressTelephone number
Abbey Gardens Lincluden Road, Dumfries, DG2 0QB01387 255322
Allanbank Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4AN01387 249935
Briery Park New Street, Thornhill, DG3 5NJ01848 332000
Charnwood Lodge Annan Road, Dumfries, DG1 3AD01387 270350
Dalawoodie Newbridge, Dumfries, DG2 0QY01387 720905
Goldielea Dalbeattie Road, Dumfries, DG2 7PE01387 730471
Lochduhar 1 Blackley Park Road, Dumfries, DG2 9JW01387 256524
Roseland House 15 Laurieknowe, Dumfries, DG2 7AH01387 252616
Queensberry Lauries Wynd, Sanquhar, DG4 6DR01659 58234

Stewartry

Local care homes
Care homeAddressTelephone number
Alma McFadyen Mill Street, Dalbeattie, DG5 4HE01556 610539
Barlochan House Palnackie, DG7 1PF01556 600287
Carlingwark House Buchan, Castle Douglas, DG7 1TH01556 505060
Fleet Valley 43 Fleet Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2JT01557 814449
Merse House Merse Avenue, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4RN01557 332250
Munches Park Barhill Road, Dalbeattie, DG5 4JB01556 613260
Senwick House Brighouse Bay, Borgue, DG6 4TP01557 870236

Wigtownshire

Local care homes
Care homeAddressTelephone number
Belmont House Fairhurst Road, Stranraer, DG9 7QL01776 889696
Cornwall Park Auchendoon Road, Newton Stewart, DG8 6HD01671 404600
Cumloden Manor Cumloden Road, Minnigaff, DG8 6AA01671 403903
Thorneycroft 12 Sycamore Way, Stranraer, DG9 7BY01776 888660
West View - Monreith St Medan's New Road, Newton Stewart, DG8 9LJ01988 700577

All care homes are regularly inspected by the Care Inspectorate to make sure that they meet the national care standards. The inspection reports which show how the homes were graded are published so that you can find out what quality of care you can expect from a care home: 

Search care home inspection reports

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Page last updated: 30/05/2022
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