Overview
Bay Terrace Rehabilitation and Health Center has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Delaware average of 3.2. It ranks 4th of 5 nursing homes in Dover. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.0 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 56% of nursing homes in Delaware (the state average is 4.5 hours). Of that, 0.8 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on April 23, 2026, found 6 health deficiencies, fewer than the Delaware average of 9.8. 4 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 3 fines totaling $34,838 in the past three years.
Bay Terrace Rehabilitation and Health Center is a for-profit facility with 85 certified beds, caring for about 73 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1979.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 80%
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Top 49%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- April 23, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 6
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 4
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 3 totaling $34,838
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 3
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.00 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.80 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.95 hrs
- Nurse aides2.25 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 85
- Average residents per day
- 73
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 1, 1979
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes