Assisted living in Hockessin, DE
4 licensed communities, listed alphabetically. Delaware publishes that it issued an inspection document, not how serious the finding was, so nothing here is ranked by one.
Memory care isn’t marked here — because the state doesn’t publish it.
Delaware Div. of Health Care Quality’s licensing file carries no memory-care or dementia-unit designation, so we cannot tell you which of these communities has one. There certainly are memory-care communities in this state — we just have no authoritative list of them, and we won’t guess from a community’s name. Ask any community directly whether it runs a secured dementia unit, and ask your Long-Term Care Ombudsman ↗ which local communities take dementia residents.
What’s actually in Hockessin
All 4 hold the same licence: Assisted living.
They range from 49 to 120 licensed beds (median 120).
4 of the 4 have an inspection or enforcement document on file.
What it costs around here
Median private-pay cost, CareScout (Genworth) 2025 Cost of Care Survey — a regional midpoint, not any single community’s rate. Private rooms and higher care levels cost more; ask for a current quote. Project your own in the cost-of-care planner.
† Memory care is our estimate, not survey data: CareScout does not survey memory care, so we take the assisted-living median for the state and add $1,200/month — the typical secured-dementia-unit premium. It is a planning figure with no state-level detail behind it, and real memory-care pricing varies far more than that. Treat it as a starting point and ask the community for its own memory-care rate.
Estimated cost range · regional
In Delaware, assisted living typically runs about $6,100–$9,100/month.
This is a regional estimate modeled from published survey data (the CareScout/Genworth state median, ±20%) — not this community’s actual price, which it sets privately. Ask the community for its current all-in monthly rate and what each care level adds.
Paying with Medicaid
Delaware Medicaid helps pay for assisted living only in limited circumstances — through a waiver, and not everywhere in the state or for everyone who qualifies.
The Delaware waiver that can pay for it:
- Diamond State Health Plan Plus (DSHP-Plus) - Long Term Care Community Services (LTCCS) — covers in-home / assisted living / adult foster care / adult day (delivered via managed care)
In Delaware: apply or check eligibility ↗.
A waiver pays for care, not for rent. Even where the state covers assisted-living services, room and board is still the resident’s to pay. Full eligibility limits — income, assets, the look-back — are on our Delaware Medicaid page.
Nearby towns in this state
Assisted living is a local decision, but the right community is often one town over — and a 20-minute difference in drive time decides how often anyone actually visits, which is the single thing that most affects how a resident does.
- Newark — 7 communities, about 7 mi away
- Wilmington — 12 communities, about 8 mi away
- Middletown — 2 communities, about 21 mi away
- Dover — 5 communities, about 43 mi away