Merryfields

7 Mill Lane, Felixstowe IP11 7RL
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9.7 63 Reviews
  • Merryfields, Felixstowe
Merryfields is a beautiful, family-run 20 bedroom home providing the highest standard of care whilst maintaining a home-from-home environment.

Each bright, sunny room has an en-suite bathroom with modern décor. The home is in short walking distance of the town and seafront.

A hand-picked team of friendly, highly qualified staff have been specially chosen for their dedication and attitude towards the elderly.

Extensive activities, entertainment and outings are undertaken regularly for both individuals and groups.
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Care Provided by Merryfields

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 20 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Convalescent Care
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1350 – £1400
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: £1400 – £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: £1400 – £1450
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: £1450 – £1500

Respite is for a minimum of 2 weeks. Additional services such hairdressing and chiropody will incur an extra charge that is subject to discussion.

These prices are only a guideline, please contact Merryfields to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact Merryfields to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Funding Types Accepted

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

Contact Merryfields to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:

Good to Know

Owner

  • Felixstowe Care Home for the Elderly Ltd
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Samantha Shapwanale (Registered Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2020

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (20)

Visiting

  • Visit the home at any time

Parking

  • Plenty of free parking

Merryfields Reviews (63)

9.7

Merryfields has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.695) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Merryfields has 63 reviews.

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Review from Doreen R (Sister of Resident) published on 27 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
As soon as I enter tea/coffee/biscuit/cake is offered. So clean. No smells all staff friendly. Staff take residents out weather permitting. So caring nothing too much trouble. Staff/attended my sister's funeral. Sent me flowers. I was overwhelmed my sister had a happy time there and chose her own company.
However the home offered various events to take part in. Could not be bettered.
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Review from George W (Friend of Resident) published on 28 October 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Clean, excellent staff.
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Review from Paul R (Son of Resident) published on 7 August 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very friendly and caring staff - the office door is always open! There are large new rooms with good en-suite bathrooms and some older rooms with varying levels of space in the en-suite facilities. Meals are very good and they constantly offer visitors like me tea and biscuits. They have a good range
of morning, afternoon and evening activities and try to get a large group out somewhere every month in the spring to autumn period.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.695)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.695) out of 10 for Merryfields is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 14 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 4.845 for Merryfields is calculated as follows: ( (143 Excellents x 5) + (24 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 4.845
  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 4.85 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Merryfields is based on 14 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 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 3.85
    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 20 registered maximum number of service users is 4, which has been reached with 14 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: 21 Apr 2018

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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