Kent County, Delaware
County inventory for Kent County, Delaware is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
8 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Kent County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Delaware medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet DE-KENT-DELAWARE · Kent, DE
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 798 beds
- STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
- HH-SMALL 8 HH
- RANK-HIGH #450/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE San Luis Obis…
- AL-MID $7,600/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 8/8 HH
Photo-finish peer: San Luis Obispo County, CA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Kent County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Kent County: 8 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 798 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.7/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Delaware medians: assisted living $7,600/mo, semi-private nursing $14,494/mo, private nursing $15,132/mo, home health aide $6,673/mo. Local Kent providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts skew stronger here (3 at 3★, 3 at 4★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (57% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Center at Eden Hill, LLC, Complete Care at Silver Lake LLC, Delaware Hospital F/T Chronically Ill (dhci). Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Kent, DE
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 4★
- 3 4★
- 4 4★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Kent County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center at Eden Hill, LLC | Dover | 5/5 | 80 | For profit - Individual |
| Complete Care at Silver Lake LLC | Dover | 4/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Delaware Hospital F/T Chronically Ill (dhci) | Smyrna | 4/5 | 175 | Government - State |
| Westminster Village Health | Dover | 4/5 | 75 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Bay Terrace Rehabilitation and Health Center | Dover | 3/5 | 77 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Cadia Rehabilitation Capitol | Dover | 3/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Evergreen Post Acute | Smyrna | 3/5 | 151 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Kent County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Delaware, LLC | Dover | 4.0 |
| Bayada Home Health Care at Bayhealth | Dover | 4.0 |
| Christianacare Homehealth | Camden | 4.0 |
| Addus Healthcare, Inc | Dover | N/A |
| Affinity Home Care Services, LLC. | Felton | N/A |
| At Home Care Agency | Dover | N/A |
| Interim Healthcare of Delaware LLC | Smyrna | N/A |
| Vicdania Health Services LLC | Dover | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Kent
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Kent County, DE, both outside DE so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Delaware overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (8 here).
Continue on the Delaware elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Delaware state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Kent County.