Chrissian Residential Home

526/528 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich IP4 4PN
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9.6 46 Reviews
  • Chrissian Residential Home, Ipswich
Chrissian House was established in 1974 and is registered to care for 22 elderly residents. The name was formed from the previous owners two sons ‘Chris and Ian’. Converted from two detached houses, it stands in its own extensive grounds, with the garden area surrounded by flowers and mature trees.

In 1990 the home was extended via converting a detached house next to the main building (annexe). Both houses have their own kitchen, dining area and lounge with a conservatory where residents can participate in daytime activities such as table games and puzzles. The home offers a happy, warm, friendly family atmosphere and environment.

Chrissian Residential Home Ltd has been built and furnished to a high standard. The home is situated on one of the main roads leading to the eastern side of the town in a residential suburb. Local buses run every 20 minutes to the town centre, with hairdressers, a Spar shop and fruit and vegetable stores as well as many others in the vicinity of the home.

A Church Service is held at the home. All other denominations are encouraged to visit the home. If you require assistance to maintain contact with your desired faith/religious service, please discuss this with the manager. Holy Communion is held in the home the first Monday of the month.

Chrissian House provides residential care for both genders of any age.

The home's aim is to give the resident the opportunity to live as members of a local community in ways which are accepted as normal and valued, allowing for full use of a range of local facilities, for example: - shops, cafes and sports centres. Hopefully in time the residents will also become part of their local community. All staff recognise and promote residents' rights, privacy, dignity, care and respect.

There is CCTV in place for communal areas - this is for the safety of staff, service users and visitors, and they have a CCTV and SARS policy in place.

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Care Provided by Chrissian Residential Home

  • Primary Care Categories
  • Dementia
  • Eating Disorders
  • Learning Disability
  • Mental Health Condition
  • No Medical Intervention
  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Respite Care
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Younger Adults
  • Care Types Provided
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 22 Service Users
  • Privately Owned
  • Care Offered
  • Alcohol Dependence (past or present)
  • Alzheimer's
  • Asperger Syndrome
  • Autism/ASD
  • Bipolar/Manic Depression
  • Cancer Care
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Challenging Behaviour/Psychosis
  • Colitis & Crohn's Disease
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Down Syndrome
  • Drug Dependence (past or present)
  • Epilepsy
  • Head/Brain Injury
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neuropathic
  • Orthopaedic
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • Schizophrenia
  • Speech Impairment
  • Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus
  • Stroke
  • Visual Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Convalescent Care
  • Day Care
  • End of Life Care
  • Independent Living Training
  • Own GP if required
  • Palliative Care
  • Physiotherapy

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Chrissian Residential Home Ltd
  • Person in charge
  • Rebecca Molabaccus (Registered Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • Ages 60+
  • Room Information
    • Single Rooms (16)
    • Couples/Companion Rooms (3)
  • Care Home Design/Build
    • Purpose Built: No
    • Last Refurbishment: 2017
    • Number of floors: 2

Funding & Fees Guide for Chrissian Residential Home

  • Funding Types Accepted
  • Self funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top-Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Funding
  • Weekly Charges per Person
    • Self-Funded Residential Care £995 – £1,385
    • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care £1,050 – £1,425
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care £1,175 – £1,250
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care £1,250 – £1,395

  • The above fees are a baseline and all fees are decided once an individual assessment has taken place.
  • (these prices are only a guideline, please contact Chrissian Residential Home to find out the exact price for your requirements)

Facilities

  • Close to Local shops
  • Gardens
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Near Public Transport
  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Stairlift
  • Television point in own room
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visiting

  • Visitors welcome to visit seven days a week and at anytime , however visitors are asked to be mindful after 7pm the home is quieter and some service users will be resting.


  • Parking

  • A small car park is located at the front of the building.


Chrissian Residential Home Reviews (46)

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9.6

Chrissian Residential Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.564) out of 10, based on 9 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Chrissian Residential Home has 46 reviews.

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Review from Susan T (Daughter of Resident) published on 30 January 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I cannot express exactly how much I appreciate all the love, care and attention that all the staff showed my Mum while at Chrissian. It has such a warm and lovely welcoming atmosphere. They are just one big happy family.

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Review from S K (Resident) published on 25 January 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The home is excellent, everybody is friendly, staff, managers and other residents. I am very well looked after, the care is always exceptional. The food is fantastic. It is very cosy here, like living in my own house. Lots of activities, I very much enjoy the Elvis singer and the zoo. I have had a lovely
Xmas and even got presents from the home. It's really lovely here.

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Review from Richard D (Son of Resident) published on 11 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother lived at Chrissian from 2009 until her death in March 2017. She had been Matron in charge of nursing/care homes from 1946 until her retirement in the 80s, so had high expectations.
She was not disappointed and loved her life at Chrissian in all respects - particularly her accommodation
and the food. She found the staff to be kind, considerate and caring at all times. Staff knew residents well, were sensitive to their needs and treated them with respect.
They encouraged her and supported her in a range of activities and helped her to interact effectively with other residents.
When my mother needed to go to the hospital, the home assessed her situation promptly, accurately and responded appropriately.
As a visitor, I always felt welcome and was offered a hot drink - staff had time to speak to me about my mother - they seemed to genuinely care about the residents.
I am very happy that my mother spent her final years in such a happy and caring home.

Reply from Rebecca Wines, Registered Manager at Chrissian Residential Home

Hello Richard, Your mother is greatly missed and even though no longer with us she still has a huge presence here and remains in our hearts! best wishes Bex


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Review from John H (Brother of Resident) published on 10 August 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Have noticed how caring and patient the staff are.

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Review from Colin P (Son of Resident) published on 22 May 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very caring, home from home.
Well-run, lovely, friendly and welcoming staff and management.
Wouldn't hesitate to recommend, excellent.

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Review from Trevor M (Son of Resident) published on 28 April 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Can't say enough about the care of patients at this care home. Real home like atmosphere. The staff treat my mum with the upmost care and attention. They treat her like one of their family. I have the greatest respect for both staff and management.

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Current Review Score: 9.6 (9.564)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.6 (9.564) out of 10 for Chrissian Residential Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 9 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 9 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.664 for Chrissian Residential Home is calculated as follows: ( (74 Excellents x 5) + (30 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 107 Ratings = 4.664

  • b) 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 4.9 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Chrissian Residential Home is based on 9 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 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 = 3.9

    • ii) 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 22 registered maximum number of service users is 4.4, which has been reached with 9 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Performance

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 22 Nov 2022

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  • Caring

    Good

  • Effective

    Good

  • Responsive

    Good

  • Safe

    Good

  • Well-led

    Good

Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.

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Meet the Team (1)

Rebecca

Rebecca Molabaccus

Job Title: Registered Home manager

Joined: 2013

Rebecca is the registered manager of Christian residential home and has completed her NVQ 5.
Rebecca is part of the family who own Chrissian so this is more then a job for her, this is part of her family.
Rebecca has a vast amount of experience with Christian Residential Home and is also either qualified or trained in:
Fire Marshall
Malnutrition
Dementia
Care assessor
Care Act 2014
Seating & positioning
Diabetes
Falls & Bone health
COPD
Deprivation of Liberty
Duty of Care
Person centred Working
Privacy and Dignity
Fluid & Nutrition
Infection Control
First Aid
Dignity
Allergens
Risk Assessments and Safety
Health & Safety
Medication Administration & Awareness
Mental Capacity Act
Safeguarding Adults & Children
Food Hygiene
Moving & Handling
Parkinson's


Rebecca is professional, happy, confident, caring and approachable.


Rebecca lives a 2 minute walk from the home and regularly visits on days off with her three children.