Santa and his elves bring the magic of Christmas to Astley
It’s Christmas time at Astley Hall – as if we need a reason to dress up and have a party!! We have a beautiful, enormous Christmas tree in our...
Enjoying the summer at Astley Hall
After all the cold spring weather it has been wonderful to have this Mediterranean summer. We have been thoroughly enjoying ourselves at Astley Hall, making the most of our...
Welcome to our new manager Michelle and her dog River
It was sad to say goodbye to Sandra, who is joining her husband in retirement. A huge thank you from your Astley family. We look forward to seeing all...
How a little bit of lippy goes a long way and using makeup as a dementia therapy.
Recently Jayne, our activities co-ordinator at Astley Hall, took one of our residents on a shopping trip to Superdrug to buy makeup. That might sound like a strange idea...
A biography of Dave, our resident gardener at Astley
Dave is our resident gardener at Astley Hall. He tends our gardens with such love and care and all our staff and residents truly appreciate his hard work. With...
The Astley Hall Oscars 2018
The glitz and glamour of the 90th Oscar Academy Awards came to Astley Hall, where we rolled out the red carpet for our own awards ceremony in our lounge....
Christmas celebrations at The Dementia Cafe, Stourport
It was cold and crisp outside yesterday, but the atmosphere in The Dementia Cafe was, as always, warm and welcoming. It was lovely to get together with friends, families...
Heritage Manor’s Halloween spook-tactular!
If you visit any of our homes this week, you will see that our activities coordinators have gone all out for Halloween and our residents have had a monstrously...
A very special visit to St Cassian’s Church for one of our residents
St Cassian’s Church is located in the beautiful rural village of Chaddesley Corbett. It is the centre of a warm community of which Derick William’s has been part for...
How a smell can evoke a memory and the impact for people with dementia
The smell of freshly baked bread won (by a nose!) a poll to find Britain’s favourite smell. 2000 UK adults took part in this nationwide survey. It was closely...