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What the CQC found at Astbury Lodge Residential Care Home

Goodpublished 17 January 2019, 7 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Good; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Good; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Good; Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Astbury Lodge Residential Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Astbury Lodge Residential Care Home

Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the home was registered.

September 2020Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
Safe: Inspected but not rated
January 2019Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
June 2025
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 12 June 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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84 live-in carers within about an hour of Cheshire West and Chester

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 76 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Oyakhire A.

1 review

From £1,082 a week, 4 years caring

Based about 16 minutes from Cheshire West and Chester. Can care for a couple

Trudi M.

1 review

From £1,162 a week, 5 years caring

Based about 28 minutes from Cheshire West and Chester. Can care for a couple

Rodrigo Javier B.

1 review

From £1,295 a week, 22 years caring

Based about 42 minutes from Cheshire West and Chester. Can care for a couple

Camille F.

2 reviews

From £1,610 a week, 25 years caring

Works in the Cheshire West and Chester area. Can care for a couple

“She is an exemplary carer, she is knowledgable empathetic and very respectful in the home.”

Katrina R., about Camille F.

“It was clear that she genuinely cared and her warm approach really helped put our minds at ease.”

Sara K., about Trudi M.

See live-in carers near Cheshire West and ChesterProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

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