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The bills include increased accreditation standards for assisted living facilities, require facilities be inspected annually, double civil penalty fines and provide scholarship incentivization for nursing students to work in long-term care.
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The Department of Health and Social Services Division of Health Care Quality is facing a growing backlog in granting home care agency licenses.
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The Delaware Veterans Home has 115 authorized nursing positions and only 37 of those are currently filled.
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Delaware is among just a handful of states that have started vaccinations in nursing homes. Some long-term care facility staff in Delaware are getting the…
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After a slow uptake, the state will require long-term care facilities to implement universal COVID-19 testing of staff starting next month. State…
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The plan to test every resident and staff member of long-term care facilities in Delaware for COVID-19 took longer to get going than expected. State…
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Delaware announced its testing plan for long-term care facilities earlier this week, and is now is preparing to test every resident and staff member at…
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Over half of the state's COVID-19 deaths have come at long-term care facilities throughout the state.And Gov. Carney has updated his state of emergency…
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State public health officials in Delaware are calling on nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to ban visitors in an attempt to curb the…
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First State nursing homes are seeking donations for their residents ahead of the holiday season.The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services is…