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Nursing Homes in Delaware: Ratings, Inspections & Safety Flags

Delaware has 44 Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing homes on federal record. Below is the current landscape from the CMS Care Compare database (July 2026 release) — the same data ClearPath decodes and ranks in every family report.

44
Certified facilities
18
Rated 4★ or better
2
Rated 1★ overall
7
Abuse-flagged by CMS
6
Special Focus (worst-performer)

Highest-Rated Nursing Homes in Delaware

FacilityCityOverallStaffing
Willowbrooke Court At Country HouseWilmington★★★★★★★★★★
Willowbrooke Court Skilled Center At Manor HouseSeaford★★★★★★★★★★
Encore At FoulkWilmington★★★★★★★★★★
The Moorings At LewesLewes★★★★★★★★★★
Exceptional Care For ChildrenNewark★★★★★Not rated
Center At Eden Hill, LlcDover★★★★★★★★★★
Willowbrooke Court At Cokesbury VillageHockessin★★★★★★★★★★
Delmar Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterDelmar★★★★★★★★★★
Jeanne Jugan ResidenceNewark★★★★★★★★★★
Lofland Park CenterSeaford★★★★★★★★

Ranked by CMS overall and staffing star ratings. A ClearPath report goes deeper — inspection citations, fines, staffing turnover, review analysis, and safety-flag screening for every facility in your search area.

Federally Flagged Facilities in Delaware

CMS currently flags 7 Delaware facilities with an abuse icon and lists 6 in the Special Focus program for persistent quality problems. These designations appear automatically in every ClearPath report and cap a facility’s ranking regardless of its star rating.

FacilityCityFederal Flag
Cadia Rehabilitation BroadmeadowMiddletownSpecial Focus
Delaware Hospital F/T Chronically Ill (Dhci)SmyrnaSpecial Focus
Encore At ParksideNewarkSpecial Focus
New Castle Health And Rehabilitation CenterNew CastleSpecial Focus
Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterWilmingtonSpecial Focus
Wilmington Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterWilmingtonSpecial Focus
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Where Delaware’s Facilities Are

Wilmington (14)Dover (5)Newark (5)Hockessin (3)Milford (3)Seaford (3)Lewes (2)Millsboro (2)Smyrna (2)Delmar (1)Georgetown (1)Greenville (1)Middletown (1)New Castle (1)

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), July 2026 monthly release. Ratings and flags change monthly — ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is independent and accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility.