{"id":553,"date":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/dhci_about\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","slug":"dhci_about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/dhci_about\/","title":{"rendered":"dhci_about ~  About Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (DHCI)  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/dhci_about.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using 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The facility served as residence for Delawareans who had no income or place to live and also provided medical and nursing home care. The Commission operated the facility until 1953, when the Delaware legislature created a Board of Trustees. Responsibility for the operating the facility was transferred to the Division of Public Health in 1969 and then to the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD) in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about DHCI&#8217;s history in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.delaware.gov\/collections\/aghist\/1500-002.shtml\">Delaware Public Archives <\/a>and in a 1934 edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/41814179?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\">Monthly Labor Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>DHCI is located on a 62-acre campus off Route 13 in Smyrna, Delaware. The mailing address is\u00a0100 Sunnyside Road, Smyrna, DE 19977.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Facility Size<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>DHCI is a 205-bed facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Licenses\/Certification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>DHCI is licensed by the State of Delaware as a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Staffing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>DHCI has a full range of staff to provide care to residents including registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), certified nursing assistants (CNAs), cooks, dietary aides, dietary managers, social workers, and therapy aides. In addition, the State employs staff to carry out security, housekeeping, and maintenance responsibilities, and contracts with providers for various needed medical services, including the services of doctors, rehabilitation therapists, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Unique Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>DHCI has a long history of providing comprehensive skilled nursing home services to Delawareans who have no other options for their care. DHCI has an onsite dental clinic and conducts various activities for residents such as the annual Family Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Recent Survey Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/nursinghomecompare\/profile.html#profTab=0&#038;ID=085035&#038;state=DE&#038;lat=0&#038;lng=0&#038;name=DELAWARE%2520HOSPITAL%2520F%252FT%2520CHRONICALLY%2520ILL%2520%2528DHCI%2529&#038;Distn=0.0\">DHCI page on the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website<\/a> for quality measures and results of the latest inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen About Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (DHCI) Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities Menu Home About About DSAAPD Contact Information FAQs Useful Links Services Adult Protective Services All Services Assistance for Caregivers Home and Community-Based Services Information and Supports Residential Care Rights and Protections Information Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Advance Directives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}