Independent Living and Assisted Living
The Summit
5850 Limestone Road, Hockessin, DE 19707 · Map
Licensed for 120 residents
The Summit is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Hockessin, Delaware. It is licensed for 120 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $7,445 /mo | Jun 1, 2023 |
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last survey report: Sep 11, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 120 residents
Assisted Living Facility 2741.
Nearest emergency room
4.7 miles
Christiana Hospital, rated 4 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Summit this community | 120 | $7,445/mo | Active | 7 surveys, 35 deficiencies | |
| Brookdale Hockessin | 2.3 mi | 66 | $4,565/mo | Active | 4 surveys, 22 deficiencies |
| OakBridge Terrace at Cokesbury Village, Acts Senior Living | 2.4 mi | 49 | Not published | Active | 5 surveys, 13 deficiencies |
| Encore at Windsor Hills Assisted Living – Newark | 3.6 mi | 28 | $3,161/mo | Active | 3 surveys, 23 deficiencies |
| The Pointe at South Harmony Lodge and Place | 5.0 mi | 52 | $5,500/mo | Active | 4 surveys, 18 deficiencies |
State inspection record7 surveys, 35 deficiencies
- Last survey report
- September 11, 2025
- Survey reports posted
- 7
- Deficiencies cited
- 35
- Reports that include a complaint survey
- 6
Survey reports (newest first)
- September 11, 2025, Annual Visit & Complaint Survey: 18 deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- Medication Management rule 3225.8.6, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
- Infection Control rule 3225.9.6, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For three out of ten staff reviewed for staffing, the facility failed to have tuberculosis test results on file. Additionally, for one staff, the facility had only one result of one step of the TB testing.” - Infection Control rule 3225.9.7, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
- Infection Control rule 3225.9.8.2.4, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For one out of three residents reviewed for infection control, the facility failed to have on file documentation of pneumococcal vaccination being administered or offered and declined.” - Rule not readable on the scan
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- Services rule 3225.12.3, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “The facllity failed to develop and implement a comprehensive plan that includes actions to prevent, identify, and manage infections and communicable diseases for all residents receiving antibiotic therapy from the months of January — through April 2025.” - Rule not readable on the scan
DHCQ: “The facility failed to ensure that hair restraints were worn to prevent hair contact with exposed food.” - Staffing rule 3225.16.14.2
DHCQ: “The facility failed to ensure food was stored and served ina manner that prevents food borne illness to the residents.” - Staffing rule 3225.16.14.4
DHCQ: “The facility failed to ensure food was protected from contamination.” - Staffing rule 3225.16.15
DHCQ: “Oe. the facility failed to ensure food items were labeled with a date and to ensure label dated food items were discarded within 7 days of refrigerated storage.” - and 8 more in the report
- May 23, 2025, Follow-up Survey: no deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- March 4, 2025, Complaint Survey: 11 deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- Resident Assessment rule 3225.11.2, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
- Resident Assessment rule 3225.11.5, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
- Services rule 3225.12.3
- Service Agreements Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For one out of thirteen residents reviewed the facility failed to ensure that service agreements contained a signature from resident/responsible party.” - Service Agreements rule 3225.13.2.3, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For one out of thirteen residents reviewed the facility failed to ensure that the service agreements contained food and nutrition information for a specified diet.”
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- Service Agreements rule 3225.13.2.9, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
- Service Agreements rule 3225.13.3, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
- Service Agreements rule 3225.13.6, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For five out of thirteen residents reviewed the facility failed to ensure that the residents’ Service Agreements were updated when there were significant changes.” - Records and Reports rule 3225.19.1, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For three out of thirteen residents reviewed the facility failed to maintain appropriate records.” - Records and Reports rule 3225.19.3, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For five out of thirteen residents reviewed the failed to ensure that clinical records were retained with witness statements regarding fall incident reports that were unable to be located.” - and 1 more in the report
- January 17, 2025, Complaint Survey: no deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- December 31, 2024, Follow-up & Complaint Survey: 1 deficiency cited. Report (PDF)
- Staffing rule 3225.16.2
DHCQ: “For one out of four residents sampled for accidents, the facility failed to ensure that the initial post fall assessment oe was completed by the Registered Nurse.”
- Staffing rule 3225.16.2
- September 20, 2024, Annual Visit & Complaint Survey: 2 deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- Service Agreements rule 3225.13.1, Scope and severity code: A (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For two out of seven residents reviewed the facility failed to ensure service agreements were signed by the resident/responsible party.” - Abuse, neglect, mistreatment, financial exploitation or medication diversion (16 Del. C. § 1131) rule 16 Del. C. § 1131, Scope and severity code: D (as printed on the report)
- Service Agreements rule 3225.13.1, Scope and severity code: A (as printed on the report)
- August 16, 2024, Complaint Survey: 3 deficiencies cited. Report (PDF)
- Staffing rule 3225.16.2, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “The facility failed to ensure sufficient staff to monitor residents, provide care and prevent abuse in the facility.” - Resident’s rights (16 Del. C. § 1121) rule 16 Del. C. § 1121, Scope and severity code: K (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “For four out of eight residents reviewed for abuse the facility failed to ensure that residents on the Memory Care Unit were free from physical abuse. For R3 and R4 physical abuse was inflicted by R1. R2 sustained lethal injuries consistent with an attack resulting in a severe adverse outcome to the resident.” - Delaware Code, Title 16, Chapter 11 rule 16 Del. C. Ch. 11, Scope and severity code: B (as printed on the report)
DHCQ: “The facility failed to provide investigation documents pertinent to the complaint survey.”
- Staffing rule 3225.16.2, Scope and severity code: E (as printed on the report)
See this facility’s reports on the state’s list → (The Summit)
What these terms mean
Delaware’s Division of Health Care Quality inspects each assisted living facility at an annual visit and investigates complaints; a follow-up survey checks that cited problems were fixed. Each deficiency names the rule in Delaware’s assisted living regulations (16 Del. Admin. Code 3225) that was not met, and DHCQ’s statement of how it was not met.
Reports from 2024 on print a scope and severity code beside each deficiency. Delaware does not publish what these codes mean for assisted living, so we show the letter as printed.
The completion date is the date the facility gave in its plan of correction for being back in compliance with the rule.
The reports are scanned PDFs; rule numbers, codes and quoted statements were read from the scans and may contain reading errors, so check the report itself. Older reports may carry the facility’s earlier name; DHCQ files them under the same license number. Rule names are the section headings of the current regulations. This community is licensed for 120 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health Care Quality, data as of October 16, 2026, showing the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 2741
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 120
- County
- New Castle County
Source: Delaware state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Delaware, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Delaware
- Diamond State Health Plan Plus (DSHP Plus). Yes. Delaware's Medicaid long-term care program, Diamond State Health Plan Plus, lists assisted living care as a benefit for residents who are elderly or physically disabled and qualify. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 4.7 mi, nursing home 0.4 mi, pharmacy 1.3 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Christiana Hospital, Newark. 4.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Wilmington. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aston Home Health, Inc, Wilmington. 3.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Acme Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 19707 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Innovative Renal Care Hockessin, Hockessin, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc Lantana, Hockessin, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fkc Main Street, Newark, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 19707.
Acts Signature Hospice Delaware, office in Hockessin, 2.4 miles away, straight line
Heartland Hospice, office in Newark, 5.2 miles away, straight line
Christianacare Accentcare Hosp & Palliative Care, office in Newark, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Christiana Care Health Services Inc, Newark. 4.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in September 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health Care Quality inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Delaware Division of Public Health, Office of Food Protection kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does The Summit provide?
The Summit is licensed by the state of Delaware for independent living, assisted living in Hockessin, Delaware. Its licensed capacity is 120 residents.
Does Lilisity rate The Summit?
No. We publish state licensing details for The Summit but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does The Summit cost?
The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact The Summit?
Use The Summit's website, thesummitretirement.com/hockessin-delaware-senior-living-community, or visit at 5850 Limestone Road, Hockessin, DE 19707.
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