Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 177-bed for-profit nursing home in Wilmington, Delaware, part of Lifeworks Rehab. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the Delaware average of 2.40, and 45.3% nursing staff turnover (Delaware average 41.3%).
Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
5651 Limestone RoadWilmington, DE 19808
New Castle County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 7% below the Delaware average. With about 171 residents a day, that works out to roughly 383 aide hours a day, or about 48 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Delaware avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.40 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.53 | 0.97 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.88 | 4.35 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.56 | 3.89 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.3% of nursing staff at Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Delaware average of 41.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 34.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 10, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 32 health deficiencies (Delaware average 10.5). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $484,596 and 2 payment denials in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2024 | Fine | $221,208 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Payment Denial | 64 days from Oct 17, 2024 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Fine | $263,388 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Payment Denial | 114 days from Nov 14, 2023 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Delaware average is 3.3.
About Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Lifeworks Rehab, 64 homes
- Legal name: Pike Creek SNF Operator LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 11, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pike Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Complete Care at Brackenville LLC Hockessin | 1.3 | 104 | 2.10 | 3.85 | 51.9% | 4 | $16,801 |
| Cadia Rehabilitation Pike Creek Wilmington | 2.1 | 177 | 2.27 | 4.52 | 48.2% | 4 | $105,729 |
| Willowbrooke Court at Cokesbury Village Hockessin | 2.7 | 10 | 2.13 | 3.96 | — | 5 | None |
| Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center Hockessin · abuse citation | 2.8 | 172 | 2.14 | 3.86 | 41.7% | 2 | $119,899 |
| Encore at Parkside Newark · SFF candidate | 3.2 | 110 | 1.95 | 3.51 | 38.9% | 2 | $56,814 |
| Coral Springs Rehab & Healthcare Wilmington | 3.7 | 169 | 2.03 | 3.57 | 60.8% | 2 | $99,184 |
| Excelcare at Newark LLC Newark | 4.1 | 101 | 2.09 | 3.82 | 39.4% | 2 | $29,309 |
| Newark Manor Nursing Home Newark · abuse citation | 5.4 | 67 | 2.28 | 4.27 | 32.8% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.