You can apply for skilled nursing care at a 144-bed state long-term care facility in Milford, Delaware. It provides 24-hour professional nursing care, medical services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, social services, a library and computer with internet access, a gift shop, a barbershop, and multi-denominational chapel services. Short-term and respite care are also available.
Contact the admissions office at 302-424-8572 and email your completed admissions application to DOSDVH_admissions@delaware.gov. There are separate applications for long-term care and for respite or short-term care.
Your DD214 or other discharge paperwork, proof you have lived in Delaware for at least a year, medical documentation that you require skilled nursing care, and your relationship documentation if you are applying as a surviving spouse or parent.
