Respite Care in Delaware
We're still building out our respite care directory for Delaware. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.
What respite can cost in Delaware
Respite is short-term relief for a family caregiver, not a separate facility class with its own national price survey. The ranges below are derived from published Delaware figures for in-home care, adult day, and assisted living. They are planning estimates, not quotes.
- In-home respite: about $35/hour from the local in-home monthly median (44 hrs/week survey standard). Roughly $280 for an 8-hour day, or $1,400 for a 40-hour week.
- Facility short-stay (AL slice): about $253/day (local assisted-living monthly ÷ 30), or about $1,771 for a week. Communities often bill a higher short-stay rate; ask before booking.
Method: divide published monthly medians into hourly/daily slices as above. Full notes on our methodology page.
Delaware licensing & regulation
Medicaid & local resources in Delaware
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Delaware Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Delaware resolve concerns about care and rights.
Official Ombudsman locator / program page
Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOVMedicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.
- Diamond State Health Plan Plus (DSHP-Plus). Delaware’s prior 1915(c) Elderly and Disabled Waiver is terminated on Medicaid.gov. Elderly / disabled LTSS HCBS is delivered through DSHP-Plus under the Diamond State Health Plan 1115 demonstration.
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.
Cities in Delaware
- Wilmington
- Dover
- Newark
- Middletown
- Bear
- Glasgow
- Brookside
- Hockessin
- Smyrna
- Milford
- Pike Creek Valley
- Claymont
- Seaford
- Wilmington Manor
- North Star
- Georgetown
- Millsboro
- Pike Creek
- Edgemoor
- Elsmere
- New Castle
- Clayton
- Rising Sun-Lebanon
- Laurel
- Camden
- Harrington
- Highland Acres
- Greenville
- Milton
- Lewes
Show the other 49 cities in Delaware
- Selbyville
- Dover Base Housing
- Ocean View
- Townsend
- Bridgeville
- Riverview
- Millville
- Delmar
- Kent Acres
- Woodside East
- Long Neck
- Cheswold
- Wyoming
- Delaware City
- Lincoln
- Greenwood
- St. Georges
- Bellefonte
- Dagsboro
- Rehoboth Beach
- Rodney Village
- Felton
- Frankford
- Blades
- Frederica
- Bethany Beach
- Newport
- Ellendale
- Arden
- Port Penn
- South Bethany
- Woodside
- Houston
- Odessa
- Slaughter Beach
- Fenwick Island
- Bethel
- Kenton
- Dewey Beach
- Magnolia
- Bowers
- Ardentown
- Ardencroft
- Farmington
- Hartly
- Leipsic
- Viola
- Henlopen Acres
- Little Creek
Providers disclosing respite care in Delaware
No providers in Delaware currently carry an official respite care service flag.
Respite Care is a service disclosed on other licensed settings, not a separate facility directory. We only list providers when a state source field says so.
How we rank these
Frequently asked questions
Which cities in Delaware have respite care listings?
We track 79 Delaware cities for respite care. See the city list on this page for options near you.
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed respite care providers in Delaware are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Respite Care in Delaware. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/delaware/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Respite Care in Delaware." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/delaware/.
These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections
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