Respite Care in Wilmington, DE

A Wilmington family usually calls three places in one afternoon when they start looking at respite care. What separates them is rarely the tour — it is whether the home is licensed in New Castle County, who writes the care plan, and whether the price on the website survives the first invoice.

Price the respite care market in New Castle County honestly and the band is wide: $4,500 – $8,300 a month for personal care, about $6,500 for assisted living, $29 – $34 an hour for home care that stops at 40 hours. We quote one all-inclusive figure from $5,900 and Wilmington families reach the door in about 25 minutes by I-95, Route 202 and Concord Pike.

Family caregivers who need a break, seniors recovering from surgery or illness, or families evaluating long-term care options through a short-term stay. For respite care in Wilmington that usually looks like flexible stays from a few days to several weeks, same nurse-led care as our long-term residents, private or semi-private room with all amenities — with the plan written by a nurse rather than assigned by a sales office. Families near Riverfront Wilmington tend to compare us with the large New Castle County campuses first; the difference they notice is six residents instead of sixty.

For respite care to be safe, the medication list has to be owned by one clinician. Here the nurse orders, pours, documents and reconciles it with the pharmacy, and calls the physicians at ChristianaCare Wilmington (10 min) directly rather than passing messages through a family.