{"id":668,"date":"2025-02-24T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/nursinghome\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:21:06","slug":"nursinghome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/nursinghome\/","title":{"rendered":"nursinghome ~  Nursing Home Care  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\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\/nursinghome.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span 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A nursing home is a facility that provides care to persons who need assistance in carrying out activities of daily living such as bathing, eating, or taking medicine. The nursing home can also provide skilled care, including rehabilitative therapies such as speech therapy, physical therapy, or occupational therapy.<\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n   <th scope=\"row\">Eligibility<\/th>\n\n\n\n   <td>Admission to DSAAPD&#8217;s nursing home is provided to older persons and adults with disabilities in Delaware who require long-term care services and for whom no other care options are available.<\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n   <th scope=\"row\">Availability<\/th>\n\n\n\n   <td>Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, Smyrna<\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n   <th scope=\"row\">Info or Enrollment<\/th>\n\n\n\n   <td>Contact the <a href=\"contact.html\">Delaware Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)<\/a> by phone or email.<\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n   <th scope=\"row\">More Resources<\/th>\n\n\n\n   <td><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/dsaapd\/pdf\/aging_and_disabilities_guide.pdf\">Guide to Services for Older Delawareans and Persons with Disabilities<\/a><br>\n\n\n\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delawareadrc.com\/ADRCSearch\/Search.aspx\">Delaware Aging and Disability Resource Center Service Provider Search<\/a><\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n   <th scope=\"row\">Related Links<\/th>\n\n\n\n   <td><a href=\"\/dhcq\/licensednursinghomes.html\">Division of Health Care Quality Residents Protection, List Licensed Nursing Homes in Delaware<\/a><br>\n\n\n\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/nursinghomecompare\/search.html\">Medicare.gov, Nursing Home Compare<\/a><br>\n\n\n\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/Pubs\/pdf\/02174-Nursing-Home-Other-Long-Term-Services.pdf\">Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-Term Care<\/a><\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n <\/tbody>\n\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n  \n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Nursing Home Care 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 Alzheimer&#8217;s Toolkit Brain Injury and [&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-668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668","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=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}