Cedar Lodge

Culford, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 6DX

01284728744

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

18 September 2024

Provider

Orion Healthcare Limited

Beds

25 beds

About Cedar Lodge

Cedar Lodge is a residential care home in Suffolk, supporting older people, including those living with dementia and those with mental health needs. Details of the most recent CQC assessment are set out below.

Cedar Lodge is a residential care home supporting older people, including those living with dementia and those with mental health needs, with 23 people using the service at the time of the assessment. The CQC found the service had improved since 2022 and rated it Good overall, with staffing levels, risk management, infection control and management oversight all found to be effective.

Inspectors found people were treated as individuals and encouraged to live as they wished rather than fit a set routine. People and relatives described staff as kind and attentive, with several residents saying they had felt unsettled elsewhere but had found a good fit at Cedar Lodge.

Source: CQC assessment, 23 July 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 25 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · IP28 6DX

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 23 July 2025. Assessment date recorded: 18 September 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 23 July 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

The assessment commenced on 1 April 2025 and concluded 30 April 2025. Cedar Lodge is a residential care home providing support to older people, including those living with dementia, and, or mental health needs. At the time of our visits there were 23 people using the service. We last inspected the service in August 2022, we rated the service requires improvement following the inspection in 2022. During which time between inspection CQC had monitored the conditions placed upon the service.
At this inspection we found the service had improved. We have rated the service Good in the three areas we assessed: Safe, Responsive and Well Led. People told us of the kind attentive staff that supported them. There were sufficient suitable staff with appropriate systems in place to keep people safe. People’s care plans and risk assessments had sufficient detail to enable staff to keep people safe. Systems and management of infection control, cleanliness, maintenance and development of the environment were acceptable and met people’s needs. Management and oversight of the service had developed well. Governance systems and audits were effective. There was a desire to work with others, learn from events and this was demonstrated in the outcomes for people.

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

Read Cedar Lodge's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Cedar Lodge, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Cedar Lodge, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Cedar Lodge's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees