Nursing home
Milford Center
700 Marvel Road, Milford, DE 19963 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities) · 136 certified beds
Milford Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Milford, Delaware. Nurse staffing is 3.72 hours per resident per day, below the Delaware average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Nov 25, 2024 cited 18 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus FacilityCMS has identified this facility for enhanced oversight.
- 3 fines totaling $176,862In CMS records: 3 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Milford Center compares
This facility vs. the Delaware and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Delaware avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.72 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.75 | 1.03 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.13 | 2.47 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.1% | 41.8% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 18.0 | 13.5 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $176,862, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Milford Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 700 Marvel Road
Milford, DE 19963 - CMS certification #
- 085010
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 136
- Avg residents/day
- 90.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1969-05-30
- Chain
- Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Genesis Healthcare
Genesis Healthcare operates 193 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Genesis Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Milford Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, transportation, pets allowed
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Milford Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
We also offer a dedicated memory support unit for residents with Alzheimer's or dementia.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Milford Center is a skilled nursing facility offering post-hospital, short-term rehabilitation as well as long-term and respite care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Coordinated transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets Permitted
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus, Milford. 4.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Polaris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Milford. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Healthcare, Milford. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 19963 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fkc Milford, Milford, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Harrington, Harrington, 6.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc Bridgeville, Bridgeville, 14.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 19963.
Compassionate Care Hospice Of The Delmar Peninsula, office in Milford, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Delaware Hospice, Inc Southern Division, office in Milford, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Delaware Hospice Central Div, office in Dover, 18.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Aloysius Onwuka, MD, Villas. 28.2 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 risk
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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 relatively 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Milford Center staffed?
Milford Center reports 3.72 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Delaware average of 4.51.
Has Milford Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 18 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Milford Center have?
Milford Center is certified for 136 beds.