Highfield House Care Home

London Road, Halesworth IP19 8LP
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  • Highfield House Care Home, Halesworth
Highfield House offers short or long-term residential care solutions for a wide range of differing needs. Care plans are adapted to suit individual requirements and include care for Parkinson’s, palliative and convalescence care as well as care for the young physically disabled.

The interior of this converted Georgian property has a great deal of character, with two spacious lounges and airy dining rooms to relax and socialise in. Bedrooms have soft furnishings and there are peaceful countryside surroundings.

A nutritious food menu is put together using fresh local produce, with residents having their personal taste and diet assessed on arrival.

A wide range of activities and interests are made available to occupants, such as arts and crafts, gardening, quiz evenings, and movement to music. Regular outings and trips to places of local interest may also be enjoyed.
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Care Provided by Highfield House Care Home

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 40 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Stairlift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1250 – £1450
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: £1250 – £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: £1250 – £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: £1250 – £1450

Our fees are calculated following a pre assessment of care needs required and the room selected.

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Highfield House Care Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Good to Know

Person in charge

  • Natalie Gray (General Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Criteria

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2006
  • Number of floors: 3

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (34)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (1)
  • Single Rooms with Ensuite Wet Room (13)

Parking

  • Limited parking

Highfield House Care Home Reviews (62)

9.7

Highfield House Care Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.680) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Highfield House Care Home has 62 reviews.

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Review from V B (Resident) published on 27 February 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are lovely and kind. This is a nice place to live.
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Review from W B (Resident) published on 23 February 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Everybody is very friendly. Everyone talks to me.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for taking the time to complete a review. We are so pleased that you rate everything we do so highly. We love having you as part of our family.

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Review from John H (Resident) published on 3 February 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would like to compliment the management and staff are Highfield House Care Home. I have been a resident since September, the rooms were wonderful and very well created. The meals were excellent and the timing was always in time to serve the residents.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this review. We are so pleased to read that you are enjoying living with us at Highfield House.

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Review from K D (Daughter of Resident) published on 24 January 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The current management professionally lead a team of dedicated staff. The team members at Highfield House Care Home care, activities, cleaning and laundry. Maintenance, catering, administration, facilities and management work to a very high standard. Nothing is too much trouble. I have found all staff
to be friendly, kind, understanding and hard working. I cannot thank them enough.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about the whole team at Highfield House - these are really lovely comments that we will share with the whole team.

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Review from J C (Resident) published on 24 January 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff here are lovely and I've made some nice friends. I'm having a lovely time.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

What a fabulous review - we're so glad you've made some friends and are having a lovely time at Highfield House!

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Review from J F (Resident) published on 19 January 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This care home is very good in all things, everyone is always clean and tidy.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about Highfield House.

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Review from A C (Resident) published on 20 December 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The home is splendid.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about the care and support received at Highfield House.

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Review from A E (Resident) published on 17 November 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very good.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

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Review from Rebecca G (Daughter of Resident) published on 7 October 2022 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We moved Mum into Highfield in late April from another care home. The best decision. Absolutely nothing wrong with previous care home but Highfield was known to Mum and was local for her friends and family to visit.
All the staff are lovely - very caring, friendly and attentive. They quickly got to
know Mum and were very respectful and treated her with dignity and compassion. The management are very approachable and easily contactable.
A big thank you to Highfield for making Mum's birthday very special - they reserved the conservatory area for us and made her a birthday cake which was delicious.
They gave updates on how Mum was doing and when she became poorly, they were on the phone giving regular updates and allowed visits at any time of day or night. They were so kind to us when Mum did pass away. We really could not have wished for better care.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you so much for these kind words about the care and support we were able to provide to your mother - we are pleased we were able to support her, and you. Once again, we pass on our condolences for your loss.

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Review from Christine G (Resident) published on 27 June 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The room is lovely and I have a good view. The food is very good the staff were remarkable, so well done.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for these lovely comments about our 'remarkable' staff!

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Review from B S (Resident) published on 14 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff are very kind.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your very kind comments about the staff at Highfield House.

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Review from J B (Resident) published on 23 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff caring, food excellent.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about the care and support received at Highfield House and for your compliments about the food.

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Review from Paula B (Resident) published on 20 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have had 10-years at Highfield, and it's all very nice.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about your 10-year stay with us at Highfield House.

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Review from Frances Q (Resident) published on 20 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Have been very happy with my time here.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

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Review from John B (Resident) published on 20 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I like my time at Highfield. The staff are good to me.
Reply from Richard Lain-Smith, Marketing Manager at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your kind comments about living at Highfield House.

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Review from Patricia H (Resident) published on 18 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Enjoyed my stay.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for taking the time to complete this review. We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us.

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Review from Sheila S (Daughter of Resident) published on 18 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very happy with the care my mother gets. The carers are all wonderful. Also, the deputy and manager do a very good job and are very kind to everyone.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you so much for your kind feedback. We will ensure that this is passed onto our fantastic team at Highfield House.

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Review from H W (Resident) published on 18 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Overall a happy environment.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for taking the time to complete this review. We are so pleased that you enjoy living at Highfield House.

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Review from Sonia C (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 May 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I visited my dad and step mum yesterday afternoon.
They were full of talk about the Wartime music that had been in celebration of St George's Day which they both enjoyed.
They also enjoyed tea and cake too.
Reply from Garry Gardiner, Commercial Director at Highfield House Care Home

Thank you for your comments regarding your recent visit to Highfield House. We are so pleased that they enjoyed our St Georges Day celebrations.

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Review from M C (Daughter of Resident) published on 15 February 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Mum started at Highfield as a temporary resident in July whilst her bungalow was being repaired. Her mobility deteriorated due to her dementia and she had little insight in her condition. The staff were so kind and loving towards her. They treated her with dignity and when we were allowed to visit her
more frequently due to her palliative diagnosis, my brother and I felt part of the "Highfield family" too. We laughed and we cried together and we could stay with mum through the night until she passed away in the early morning.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.680)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.680) out of 10 for Highfield House Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 15 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 15 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.680 for Highfield House Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (131 Excellents x 5) + (38 Goods x 4) + (8 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 178 Ratings = 4.68
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Highfield House Care Home is based on 15 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 40 registered maximum number of service users is 8, which has been reached with 15 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 6 Aug 2022

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Requires improvement
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Natalie Gray

Job Title: General Manager Joined: 2024

I have 10 years’ experience managing registered services with people who live with Dementia and who are differently abled. I am passionate about person-centred care with positive support and the ways in which we can enrich and empower people we support in everyday life. Working at Highfield House is a privilege, and I feel blessed to be part of an exceptional team that also shares this passion.

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