Home Health Care in Georgetown, Delaware
Georgetown, DE has 1 licensed home health care agency listed on ElderCareCosts. We don't have a city-specific cost estimate for Georgetown yet. Statewide, the median is $6,673/mo. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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What senior care costs in Georgetown
Delaware figures as of 2025. City-level data not yet published.
Median costs for home health care in Georgetown versus Delaware and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes. Home health is priced here at the survey's merged rate for non-medical home caregivers, because the survey no longer prices skilled nursing or therapy visits separately. Skilled visits are usually billed per visit.
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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.
What home care really costs by the hour
Hourly math uses the survey standard of 44 hrs/week when a sourced in-home monthly median is published for Georgetown. We do not invent an hourly rate before that figure exists.
Ways families typically pay
- Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
- Long-term care insurance
- VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
- Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state
Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.
Nearby: Milton not published · Millsboro not published · Ellendale not published · Bridgeville not published · Blades not published
What can you afford?
Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Georgetown, grounded in local medians on this page.
Part-time home care or entry assisted living
Assisted living with room to spare
Nursing care or heavy home-care schedules
Every licensed home health care agency: 1
A note on counting: we show 1 licensed home health care agency listed for Georgetown proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Amedisys Home Health
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
Also serving Georgetown
Home health care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Georgetown; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 2 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Georgetown count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Beebe Hospital Home Health
Tidalhealth Home Care
Ordered by distance from Georgetown, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 5 newly licensed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Georgetown has an estimated population of 7,660. About 1,429 residents (19%) are age 65 or older. Georgetown is located in Sussex County, Delaware. The median household income is $49,719. Our directory currently lists 1 licensed home health care agency in Georgetown.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Delaware Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Delaware State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - Delaware Aging & Disability Resource Center1-800-223-9074delawareadrc.com
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Sussex County VA Clinicva.gov
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Georgetown.
VA open data - Diamond State Health Plan Plus (DSHP-Plus)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many home health care agencies are listed in Georgetown, DE?
We currently list 1 licensed home health care agency in Georgetown, DE.
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed home health care agencies in Georgetown, DE are listed with government-sourced data. City median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Home Health Care in Georgetown, DE. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/home-health-care/delaware/georgetown/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Home Health Care in Georgetown, DE." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/home-health-care/delaware/georgetown/.
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