State Licensing for Senior Communities and Care Services in Delaware
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Delaware Health & Social Services
1901 N. Du Pont Highway, Main Bldg.
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 255-9040
(302) 744-4700
(302) 255-4429 fax
http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dsaapd
| Types of Housing/Care | Search | Definitions |
|---|---|---|
| Affordable Senior Housing | Affordable Senior Housing | HUD 202 Program that offers rental assistance for seniors who meet the requirements of the federal program. |
| Assisted Living | Assisted Living | Assisted Living offers a residential arrangement, for a fee, for dependent elderly and adults with disabilities. ASL provides assistance with activities of daily living and other services that promote seniors’ quality of life. |
| Home Health Agencies | Home Care | Home Health Agencies provide services that help seniors’ function as independently as possible in their own homes. Home Health Care involves medically-oriented care, ranging from dressing changes by a trained, supervised aide, to physical therapy, education and self-care provided by a licensed professional. |
| Hospice | Hospice | A coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services to hospice patients, and families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary team in order to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and other special needs that are experienced during the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement |
| Nursing Homes | Nursing | A business entity that is engaged in providing housing, meals and care to sick or disabled individuals who require, on a daily basis or more frequently, medical care, nursing care, or rehabilitation services. |
| Personal Assistance Services Agencies | Home Care | Personal Assistance Services means the provision of services for compensation that do not require the judgment and skills of a licensed nurse or other professional. The services are limited to individual assistance with/or supervision of activities of daily living, companion services, transportation services, homemaker services, reporting changes in consumer’s condition and completing reports. These services do not require physician’s orders. |
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