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Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

5651 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Medicare lists this as a Special Focus Facility, a home with a history of serious quality issues that receives more frequent inspections.

Overview

Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Delaware average of 3.2. It ranks 10th of 13 nursing homes in Wilmington. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).

Residents receive about 4.0 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 56% of nursing homes in Delaware (the state average is 4.5 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.

Its most recent standard inspection, on August 13, 2025, found 20 health deficiencies, more than the Delaware average of 9.8. 9 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $221,208 in the past three years.

Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 177 certified beds, caring for about 171 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1988.

Medicare ratings

Overall
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.

In Wilmington10th of 13 facilities

Top 77%

Within 100 miles584th of 833 facilities

Top 71%

In Delaware29th of 43 facilities

Top 68%

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Inspections and penalties

Most recent standard inspection
August 13, 2025
Health deficiencies cited
20
Complaint-related deficiencies
9
Fines in the last 3 years
1 totaling $221,208
Payment denials
1
Total penalties
2

Staffing

Average hours of care each resident receives per day.

  • All nursing staff3.96 hrs
  • Registered nurses (RN)0.54 hrs
  • Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.17 hrs
  • Nurse aides2.24 hrs
  • Physical therapists0.11 hrs

Facility details

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Certified beds
177
Average residents per day
171
Participates in
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare/Medicaid since
August 11, 1988
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