Westminster Village Health is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-02-11. 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) 744-3527 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Westminster Village Health holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.9/100, placing it #8347 of 14703 facilities nationally and #33 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 Westminster Village Health receives a reported average of 4 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 2 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 49 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 36.2%. 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 $38,518. 10 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 $38,518, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 66.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Westminster Village Health ranks 8347th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within DE, it ranks 33rd out of 44 nursing homes. In Dover, it ranks 5th out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,700 nationally and RN hours rank #1,858 nationally (#13 in DE). Our composite quality score of 69.9/100 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/