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The Close Care Home has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.562) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time The Close Care Home has 33 reviews.
Review from Mary P (Respite Resident) published on 23 December 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thanks for the review MP! Have a very Merry Christmas. We know we are asking Santa for better phone signal! Fingers crossed the networks listen... in case we have amazing 1gb Wi-Fi that goes throughout the home so we have residents using it for video calls galore (if the device phone is capable, if not we can arrange calls with in-house devices, our deck phones also are used throughout for people to call and speak with too, I know that helped a few times). All the best and see you soon!
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Review from Nita B (Wife of Resident) published on 12 November 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you for your lovely comments about the team! As you know we are privileged to do what we do and when we have such amazing people who work with us and surround us, including you, it makes it easier. The team will love your feedback too. Thank you once again.
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Review from Leigh P (Son of Resident) published on 15 October 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you for your lovely review and honest feedback. We have shared this with the team! We are very lucky to have the best team here that really love the residents and care about doing right by them. Thank you!
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Review from Lynda C (Grandmother of Resident) published on 18 September 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much. We love the journey we've been on and the way your amazing granddaughter grows and develops and makes The Close her home. Thank you for your continued support as well as the rest of the family
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Review from J C (Friend of Resident) published on 14 May 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much. We appreciate your review. The team love when they go from our housekeepers to the care team! We will share this with everyone. Thank you!
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Review from Ruth S (Daughter of Resident) published on 29 April 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much. We love having your mother live with us. You are part of the close family and we value you all very much. Thank you.
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Review from Esther K (Private Carer of Resident) published on 19 April 2024
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Thank you so much for your kind words. The team are amazing and love our residents. We've seen them come on too and so proud of our team and the way they care for him. We are also really proud of our industry-leading kitchen team who are changing the world of catering in care homes. Thank you so much for your support in our amazing work.
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Review from M C (Friend of Resident) published on 19 April 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much - Your recognition of the kitchen team and activities team is so much appreciated.
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Review from Vassili P (Husband of Resident) published on 17 April 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much for your spirit, support and your words. You know what a key part of the Close Family you have become. We really appreciate you and your wife greatly! Thank you.
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Review from J P (Daughter of Resident) published on 17 April 2024
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Thank you so much for you support and recognition of the amazing work that team do on a daily basis. Thank you for being part of The Close Family.
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Review from Tricia K (Daughter of Resident) published on 16 April 2024
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Thank you for recognising everyone here. You too are part of The Close family, and we love having you guys here.
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Review from Frederick P (Resident) published on 16 April 2024
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Thanks for the lovely and special words. We are so privileged that you chose to come and live with us, and we love having you as part of Our Close Family! Thanks, from us all.
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Review from Sue D (Friend of Resident) published on 16 April 2024
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much. The lady in the bistro is a star and has been with us for 50+ years. We are a small independent family home working to the highest standards for our residents and their circle of care! Thank you for being amazing and recognizing our hard work. Sanjay and The Close Team
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Review from L C (Sister of Resident) published on 3 October 2023
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We are deeply saddened and disappointed at your experience. I understand this is a challenging time and either way I offer you a genuine apology as to everyone’s experience. There are some very complex matters which I am unable to list here to protect privacy, however, we have already detailed these in care plans and put measures in place. We have already started an investigation and will treat this as a formal complaint, looking into the matter and would love some support from you to look into the time and date this occurred please speak to the Regional Manager who has tried to get in touch. We have a full team of people to support residents and family and would suggest that you reach out to them in the first instance to resolve a matter quickly and then we can investigate in full thereafter. The hospital SSHB team are responsible for the main communication with regards to the resident to their NOK. We would welcome your suggestions also on methods of communication that would work to aid in comms
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Review from Patsy D (Daughter of Resident) published on 8 June 2023
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Thank you so much. This means the world! I will make sure to share this with the team also.
Sanjay
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Review from Margaret S (Wife of Resident) published on 5 December 2019
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Reply from Sanjay Dhrona, Managing Director at The Close Care Home
Margaret, thank you so much for your review. It was such a pleasure having your husband live with us, though we are so proud that he is now at home with you, having made such wonderful progress. If you are ever in the area, please do stop by and join us in the bistro or on the grounds. You are both always welcome.
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Review from Hazel R (Daughter of Resident) published on 20 November 2019
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Hazel - Thank you so much, we strive to be the best and provide the very best care we can. Good luck to you and dad at home. Thank you for leaving a review too.
All the best
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Review from Michael W (Son of Resident) published on 22 August 2019
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Thanks for the review - I have shared with the team. We appreciate the feedback so much!
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Review from Caroline C (Daughter of Resident) published on 19 August 2019
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Thanks so much, Caroline.
I love sharing messages like this with the team.
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Review from Sharon N (Daughter of Resident) published on 17 July 2019
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Sharon - Thank you for your kind words and I will pass them on to the whole team here. We consider it a privilege to care for people like mum in their last days and will always do what we can. We will always be here and when you're ready, please feel free to pop in and see us anytime.
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The Review Score of 9.6 (9.562) out of 10 for The Close Care Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 15 Reviews in the last 24 months.
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.
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 4.784 for The Close Care Home is calculated as follows: ( (149 Excellents x 5) + (13 Goods x 4) + (4 Satisfactorys x 3) + (4 Poors x 2) + (1 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 171 Ratings = 4.784
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 4.778 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Close Care Home 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:
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 + 0.1 = 4
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 90 registered maximum number of service users is 18. 14 Positive Reviews ÷ 18 = 0.778
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.
Date: 22 Jan 2020
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