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Delaware Veterans Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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100 Delaware Veteran's Drive,
Milford DE 19963

(302) 424-6000

41.45% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Milford, Delaware, Delaware Veterans Home is one of just three available nursing homes in the city. This facility is ranked among the best facilities we found. This facility was given one of the best grades that we offer. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as the number one facility in Milford. If you look below, you will see this place's category ratings, which are just as impressive as its overall score.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Delaware badge

Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Delaware badge

Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

We also would like to point out that this facility earned an A for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating is based on several subcategories, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also want to note the fact that this facility was awarded a high-end grade of A- in our short-term care area. Our short-term care grade is generally used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category we looked at, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a straight A report card. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.09091 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Delaware Veterans Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Delaware Veterans Home, 6.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Delaware Veterans Home, 4.09% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Delaware Veterans Home, 0.45% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Delaware Veterans Home, 13.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Delaware Veterans Home, 18.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Delaware Veterans Home, 4.5% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Delaware Veterans Home, 92.21% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Delaware Veterans Home, 21.32% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Delaware Veterans Home, 30.37% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Delaware Veterans Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Delaware Veterans Home, 30.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Bayhealth Hospital, Kent CampusAcute Care Hospitals 15.32 miles away640 S State Street Dover Delaware 19901Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 744-7001
  • Beebe Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.98 miles away424 Savannah Rd Lewes Delaware 19958Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 645-3300

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Milford2.07 miles away656d North Dupont Highway Milford Delaware 19963CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (302) 424-0552
  • Fresenius Medical Care Southern Delaware, LLC14.53 miles away1198 South Governors Avenue Building B, Suite 201 Dover Delaware 19904Dialysis Stations: 4 (302) 736-1340
  • Bayhealth Medical Center15.38 miles away640 S State Street Dover Delaware 19901Dialysis Stations: 9 (302) 744-7322
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Greentree15.82 miles away97 Commerce Way, Suite 104 Dover Delaware 19904Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 674-1919
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Central Delaware15.85 miles awayBlue Hen Corporate Center 655 South Bay Road, Suite 4m Dover Delaware 19901CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (302) 678-5718
  • Fresenius Medical Care Southern Delaware, LLC15.9 miles away9115 Antique Alley Bridgeville Delaware 19933Dialysis Stations: 11 (302) 337-8789
  • Dover Universal LLC16.73 miles away107 Mont Blanc Blvd., Suite 100 Dover Delaware 19904Dialysis Stations: 12 (302) 674-2074
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Mid Sussex County18.04 miles away34 Georgetown Plaza Georgetown Delaware 19947CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (302) 854-0230