Delaware Nursing Home Inspection Reports & Survey Activity — 2026
Track CMS survey activity across the 44 skilled nursing facilities in Delaware. Facilities have 1,733 recorded deficiency citations, averaging 39.4 per facility, with 0 reporting zero deficiencies, including 39 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The most-cited categories and F-Tags below highlight what Delaware surveyors are flagging most, drawn from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Delaware
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 444 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 309 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 276 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 163 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 151 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 134 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Delaware
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 78 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 71 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 62 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 59 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 56 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 54 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 53 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 46 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 44 citations
- F-Tag F0641: Accuracy of Assessments — 44 citations
More Delaware Compliance Data
- Delaware Nursing Home Scorecard
- Delaware Compliance Benchmark
- Delaware State Compliance Guide
- Best Nursing Homes in Delaware
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families