Jasna Gora Residential Care Home

What families say

Families describe feeling reassured from their first visit, finding a clean and homely environment where residents seem content. The atmosphere strikes visitors as genuinely welcoming, with flexible visiting arrangements that help families stay connected.

Based on 15 Google reviews · 0 reviews on carehome.co.uk · most recent 2026-04-10

The eight family priority themes

• Staff warmth55
• Compassion & dignity55
• Cleanliness55
• Activities & engagement50
• Food quality50
• Healthcare55
• Management & leadership60
• Resident happiness55

What inspectors found

Inspected 2019-05-31 · Report published 2019-05-31 · Inspected 2 times in the last three years

• Is this home safe?

  Good

  {"found":"The home was rated Good for Safe at the February 2022 inspection. This domain covers staffing levels, medicines management, infection control, and safeguarding. The published report does not include specific inspector observations, staffing ratios, or detail about how incidents are recorded and reviewed. No concerns were raised. The July 2023 monitoring review found no evidence to change this rating.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"A Good safety rating is reassuring, but for a small 12-bed home the details matter more than the headline. Good Practice research consistently identifies night staffing as the point where safety is most likely to slip, particularly for people with dementia who may be unsettled after dark. With only 12 residents, even one or two staff on nights can provide reasonable coverage, but you need to confirm the actual numbers. Ask to see the signing-in sheet for last week rather than the staffing template, and check how many of those shifts were covered by permanent staff.","evidence_base":"The IFF Research and Leeds Beckett rapid evidence review found that agency staff unfamiliar with individual residents are a consistent risk factor in smaller homes, where there is less opportunity for continuity to be maintained across a larger team.","watch_out":"Ask the manager: how many staff are on duty between 10pm and 7am, and in the last four weeks, how many of those night shifts were covered by someone from outside the permanent team?"}

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• Is the care effective?

  Good

  {"found":"The home was rated Good for Effective at the February 2022 inspection. This domain covers training, care planning, healthcare access, nutrition, and how well the home applies its knowledge of residents' needs. Dementia is listed as a specialism. No specific detail about training content, care plan quality, or GP access is recorded in the published findings.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"For a home that describes dementia as a specialism, the content of staff training matters more than the fact that training has taken place. Good Practice evidence from the Leeds Beckett review found that homes which use person-centred, life-history approaches to care planning, rather than generic templates, produce better outcomes for people with dementia. Food quality is also a reliable indicator of genuine care: a Good rating for Effective should mean that dietary needs and preferences are recorded and met, but the inspection gives no detail on this. Arrange a visit at a mealtime and ask to see a sample care plan to judge for yourself.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies regular, structured GP access and care plans treated as living documents, updated after any significant change, as two of the strongest predictors of good health outcomes for older people in residential care.","watch_out":"Ask the manager: what dementia-specific training have staff completed in the last 12 months, and can you show me an example of how a care plan is updated when a resident's needs change?"}

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• Is this home caring?

  Good

  {"found":"The home was rated Good for Caring at the February 2022 inspection. This domain is where inspectors assess whether staff are kind, whether residents are treated with dignity, and whether people feel respected as individuals. No direct observations, resident quotes, or specific examples are recorded in the published text. The Good rating indicates inspectors were satisfied, but the basis for that judgement is not visible in the published report.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Staff warmth is the single biggest driver of family satisfaction across our review data, mentioned in 57.3% of positive reviews, and compassion and dignity follow closely at 55.2%. These are not abstract qualities: they show up in specific, observable behaviours. Do staff knock before entering a room? Do they use the name your parent prefers, not the name on the care plan? Do they move without hurrying? These are things you can observe on a 30-minute visit more reliably than any inspection rating tells you. The absence of specific evidence in this report means the visit is the evidence.","evidence_base":"Good Practice research highlights that non-verbal communication, including pace, posture, and eye contact, is as important as spoken interaction for people with dementia, particularly those who have lost reliable verbal communication.","watch_out":"On your visit, watch how staff approach a resident who appears distressed or confused. Do they crouch to eye level, speak calmly, and wait? Or do they redirect quickly and move on? That moment tells you more than any rating."}

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• Is the home responsive?

  Good

  {"found":"The home was rated Good for Responsive at the February 2022 inspection. This domain covers how well the home tailors care to individual needs, the activities programme, and how complaints are handled. No specific activities are described, no individual examples are given, and no complaint handling detail is recorded in the published text.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Activities engagement is cited in 21.4% of positive family reviews, and resident happiness accounts for 27.1%. For a 12-bed home with a dementia specialism, the question is not whether there is an activity programme but whether there is something meaningful for your parent specifically, including on days when they cannot join a group. Good Practice evidence strongly supports one-to-one engagement and the use of familiar everyday tasks, such as folding, sorting, or simple cooking, as meaningful activity for people with more advanced dementia. Ask to see last month's activity records rather than a future schedule.","evidence_base":"The Leeds Beckett rapid evidence review found that Montessori-based and task-oriented individual activity approaches, rather than group entertainment programmes alone, produce measurably better wellbeing outcomes for people with moderate to advanced dementia.","watch_out":"Ask the manager: if my parent cannot join a group activity on a given day, what would a member of staff do with them one-to-one? Ask to see the activity records for the last four weeks, not just the planned schedule."}

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• Is the home well-led?

  Good

  {"found":"The home was rated Good for Well-led at the February 2022 inspection. A named registered manager, Miss Anna Lawniczak, is recorded. The home is operated by the Society of Christ (Great Britain), with Reverend Wojciech Rodzzenski as the nominated individual. The published text does not describe the management culture, staff feedback mechanisms, or governance arrangements in any specific detail.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Management stability is one of the strongest predictors of care quality over time. A named, consistent registered manager, especially in a 12-bed home where the manager is likely to be present and visible daily, matters a great deal to the people who live there and the staff who work there. The family review data shows that communication with families accounts for 11.5% of positive reviews, which means that when management is working well, families notice and mention it. With the last full inspection now over three years ago (as of mid-2025), it is worth asking directly whether Miss Lawniczak is still in post and how long she has been managing the home.","evidence_base":"Good Practice research identifies leadership stability as a primary predictor of quality trajectory: homes where the registered manager has been in post for more than two years consistently outperform those with frequent management changes, even where other resources are comparable.","watch_out":"Ask directly: is the registered manager who was in post at the last inspection still leading the home, and how long have the most senior carers been working here? High turnover in either role is a warning sign worth taking seriously."}

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Source: CQC inspection report →

What the evidence base says

Against the DCC Good Practice in Dementia Care standards, this home’s evidence aligns most strongly on The home cares for adults both under and over 65, with particular expertise in dementia support. Their approach combines professional care standards with respect for residents' spiritual beliefs and cultural backgrounds.. Gaps or open questions remain on For those living with dementia, the home provides specialised support within their broader caring approach. Staff work to maintain each person's sense of identity and connection to their values throughout their care journey. — areas worth probing directly during a visit.