CCN 085031 · New Castle County, Delaware
Encore at Wilmington
2723 Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE 19810
Encore at Wilmington is a 82-bed for-profit nursing home in Wilmington, Delaware, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1986. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 65.4 residents a day, about 80% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 82
- Average residents per day
- 65.4 (79.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Snh del Tenant LLC
- Certified since
- May 7, 1986
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Delaware median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 2 at 1, 14 at 2, 10 at 3, 8 at 4, 9 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.95 | 3.92 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.14 | 0.82 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.45 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.3% | 41.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.8% | 86.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $32,394 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Jun 6, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Encore at Wilmington meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snh Proj Lincoln Trs LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/2020 |
| Diversified Healthcare TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Snh Trs Licensee Holdco LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Snh Trs, Inc.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Life Care Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/18/2021 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | Encore at Wilmington LLC | Snh del Tenant LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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