Bay Terrace Rehabilitation And Health Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-05-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (302) 674-0566 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bay Terrace Rehabilitation And Health Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.0/100, placing it #5927 of 14703 facilities nationally and #26 of 44 in Delaware. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Bay Terrace Rehabilitation And Health Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 45 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 37 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 34.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $19,937. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $19,937, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 79.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bay Terrace Rehabilitation And Health Center ranks 5927th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within DE, it ranks 26th out of 44 nursing homes. In Dover, it ranks 3rd out of 5 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,901 nationally and RN hours rank #4,131 nationally (#27 in DE). Our composite quality score of 75.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Dover, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/delaware/dover/