Our homes serving St Andrews
2 homes serving St Andrews
Sutherland House Care Home
Broughty Ferry, Dundee · 54 beds
DementiaNursingPalliativeResidentialView home
Why Meallmore
Care that feels like home
St Andrews families usually want to stay in east Fife, and Leven Beach keeps them there: a seafront home where residents watch the tide and the walkers all day, with chef-cooked Scottish meals, en-suite rooms filled with residents' own things, and a settled team who know each person's history. Sutherland House in Broughty Ferry is the alternative for families whose relatives are treated at Ninewells. Both are experienced in dementia and end-of-life care and work closely with hospital discharge planners.
Areas we cover
Serving families across St Andrews and nearby
- St Andrews
- Cupar
- Anstruther
- Leven
- Crail
- Guardbridge
- Elie
Council area: Fife Council.
Local healthcare
Working with NHS teams in St Andrews
Main hospitals
- St Andrews Community Hospital
- Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
- Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
GP practices & community teams
Our Fife and Tayside homes work with GP practices across St Andrews, Cupar and Levenmouth, alongside NHS Fife district nursing and community mental health teams.
A short guide
How to choose a care home in St Andrews
Choosing a care home near St Andrews means looking along the east Fife coast, because the town itself has limited options and the stronger choices sit twenty to thirty minutes away. Be realistic about the drive at the times you would actually travel, then work through the essentials: the type of care needed now and likely later, residential, nursing, dementia, respite or palliative, and whether the home is registered for all of it so a second move can be avoided. Read the full Care Inspectorate report rather than the grades alone, and note what inspectors say about staffing and how residents spend their day. Visit twice if you can, once without an appointment, and watch a mealtime. Ask about routines, activities, visiting and how families are kept informed. Locally, ask how the home works with St Andrews Community Hospital, Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and NHS Fife community teams.
Still weighing things up? Read our funding guide or .
Frequently asked
Care in St Andrews: your questions
Not in the town itself. The nearest is Leven Beach in Leven (KY8 4HY), around twenty-five minutes down the coast, with Sutherland House in Broughty Ferry a further option across the Tay.
Around twenty-five minutes by car via the A915, and a straightforward run for families in Cupar, Anstruther and Elie too.
Yes - Leven Beach and Sutherland House are both registered for residential, nursing and dementia care, with respite and palliative care available.
Residential, nursing, dementia, respite and palliative care. Weekly fees vary by home, room type and level of care, and we price each stay individually after a short assessment. Scotland's Free Personal Care contribution of £260.30/week and, where nursing is needed, Free Nursing Care of £117.10/week come off the total; a family top-up may bridge any remaining gap. We accept Fife Council placements with these contributions factored in. See our funding guide for the full picture.
Yes - our team assesses in hospital and works with NHS Fife discharge planners so a move can be arranged without unnecessary delay.
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