Kutz Senior Living

    704 River Rd, Wilmington, DE 19809
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Well-run, homey facility; attentive staff

    I'm very impressed - a well-run, homey facility that's immaculate and comfortable. The nursing, therapy and support staff are professional, caring and attentive; residents are treated with respect and feel like family. Meals and dining (including kosher options) are excellent, the activities and grounds are lovely, and discharge coordination was smooth. Overall I'm very satisfied with the care, with only a few minor quibbles.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.43·(51)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.7
    • Staff

      4.7
    • Meals

      4.3
    • Amenities

      4.6
    • Value

      4.4

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and caregiving staff
    • Strong physical therapy and rehabilitation services
    • Clean, well-maintained facility and grounds
    • Homelike, comfortable rooms and common areas
    • Attractive, quieter campus setting
    • Kosher dining options available
    • High-quality meals prepared by professional chefs and waitstaff
    • Beautiful dining hall and pleasant dining environment
    • Diverse, engaging activities and live entertainment
    • Welcoming, personable admissions and tour experience
    • Attentive support staff and volunteers
    • Smooth discharge coordination
    • Warm, family-like atmosphere
    • Immaculate indoor and outdoor walkways

    Cons

    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Allegations of serious staff conduct and inadequate incident follow-up
    • Weak leadership and incident-response systems
    • Insufficient night-shift monitoring and fall-prevention protocols
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism across shifts
    • Variable meal satisfaction and menu consistency
    • Unclear placement and level-of-care designation
    • Restrictive outside-food policy

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: The facility is consistently described as clean, well maintained, and homelike, with attractive grounds and a quieter campus atmosphere. Many families and residents praise the physical environment, comfortable rooms, immaculate walkways, and a dining room that is both pleasant and well appointed. Admissions and tour interactions are frequently characterized as personable and low-pressure.

    Care quality and clinical services: A strong positive thread in the reviews is the quality of clinical care and rehabilitation. Reviewers highlight nursing staff, doctors, and a physical therapy department that provide attentive, capable care and smooth transitions such as discharge coordination. Volunteer support and engaged support-staff roles are also noted as contributors to daily resident well-being. At the same time, a subset of reviewers raised serious concerns about staff conduct and the tone of communication with some residents; these accounts also describe inadequate follow-up when incidents are raised. Those concerns stand in contrast to numerous reports of compassionate, family-like caregiving.

    Staffing and management: Many accounts describe welcoming, professional, and diverse staff who create a warm environment. However, reviewers point to variability in staff professionalism across shifts and express worries about leadership and incident-response systems. Specific operational weaknesses surfaced around night coverage and fall-prevention practices, suggesting that monitoring and safety protocols may be less consistent during overnight hours. Prospective families may wish to ask the facility about night staffing levels, incident-reporting procedures, and how leadership tracks and resolves complaints.

    Dining and activities: Dining is a relative strength for most reviewers: kosher options are available, chefs and waitstaff are frequently praised, and the dining hall is regarded as attractive. That said, there are divergent opinions on meal satisfaction, with at least one family expressing dissatisfaction; this suggests some variability in menu or meal delivery that visitors should confirm with current residents. Activities are noted as varied and engaging — movie nights, game and craft nights, resident clubs, and live performances (including band events) — contributing to a lively social program that many residents appreciate.

    Notable patterns and recommendation: The overall pattern is one of a well-kept, activity-rich facility with strong clinical and hospitality elements, tempered by operational concerns around staff conduct, incident handling, and night-shift safety. There are also indications of occasional confusion about placement level (assisted living versus skilled nursing) and policies such as outside-food restrictions. For families considering this facility, an in-person visit that includes conversations about level-of-care assignment, night staffing and fall-prevention protocols, incident-reporting and resolution processes, and specific dietary accommodations will be valuable. Requesting references from current families and asking to meet nursing leadership can help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with the resident’s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Map showing location of Kutz Senior Living

    Kutz Senior Living is located at 704 River Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809.

    About Kutz Senior Living

    Kutz Senior Living offers a calm place for older adults with both independent and assisted living options, as well as memory care at Lodge Lane and skilled nursing or rehabilitation services at Kutz Rehabilitation and Nursing, all on a single campus that covers 11 acres, giving folks walking trails, landscaped gardens, and places to enjoy the outdoors, so there's space to breathe and spend time outside when the weather's nice. Residents live in studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom apartments, with features like a pendant alert system for quick help, wheelchair-accessible vans for outings, and staff available around the clock who've gained a reputation for being friendly, kind, and dependable. There's a strong sense of community, with daily activities like group fitness, games, puzzles, trivia, Bible study, movie viewings, family nights, cultural events, and discussions, and there's a crafts room, a library, beauty salon, barber shop, computer center, and a welcoming dining hall where folks are served three kosher meals each day.

    Kutz Senior Living recognizes Jewish values and traditions, though people of all backgrounds are welcome and respected, so everyone feels like they belong, and there are community events like the Annual Donor Brunch, open house celebrations, and various social gatherings that help folks make new friends. The facility also offers Delaware's first elder abuse sanctuary for those who need protection, and there's a broad continuum of care here-assisted living for people needing daily support, memory care for those with Alzheimer's or dementia including "the Neighborhood" for engaging activities, and skilled nursing services that provide 24/7 medical care, wound care, and therapies. There are rehabilitation and therapy services including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and these are available short-term or long-term, depending on what's needed, and the rehab center has Medicare certification.

    Folks who live here often find the grounds and building are well-tended and the living spaces inviting, and it's not unusual to see pets or neighbors chatting in one of the community areas, which include a fitness room, garden, gaming room, and a living area with a kitchen. Meals focus on nutrition and quality and, whether someone's playing bingo, going on a shopping trip, attending fitness classes run by licensed therapists, or just relaxing, there's a steady effort by the activity staff to keep life interesting and meaningful for everyone, no matter their needs or level of mobility. Since opening in 1902, this nonprofit's had a strong tradition of compassionate care with certified and licensed professionals looking after residents' health, independence, dignity, and comfort, and the programs here, including memory care, home care, respite care, and the elder abuse sanctuary, are always tailored to meet each person's specific needs, so people can continue to live with purpose. To learn more or find details, you can visit kutzseniorliving.org.

    People often ask...

    Kutz Senior Living offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    There are 2 photos of Kutz Senior Living on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 704 River Rd, Wilmington, DE 19809.

    No, Kutz Senior Living does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Delaware, the Division of Health Care Quality licenses assisted living and long-term care facilities, conducting annual surveys, complaint investigations, and infection-control reviews.

    License number1154
    StatusLicensed
    Facility typeNursing Home
    Capacity90 residents
    EffectiveDecember 31st, 2024
    ExpiresDecember 30th, 2025

    Inspection Reports

    9

    Reports

    3

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    5

    Complaints

    5

    Years

    02 Jun 2025Follow-Up
    Identified several deficiencies related to resident safety and medication management, including issues with bed rails, pharmacy services, and documentation.
    26 Mar 2025Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and found multiple deficiencies in medication management, records, infection control, and resident safety across the facility.
    • Notification of dialysis center
    • §483.75(c)(3)Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program
    • §483.75(c)(3) and §483.75(c)(4)Quality Improvement and Performance Indicator Monitoring; Adverse Event Monitoring
    • §483.80(a)(1)(2)(4)(f)Infection prevention and control
    • §483.20(f)(5), §483.70(h)(1)-(5)Resident records – Identifiable information
    • §483.80(a)(3)Infection control monitoring and antibiotic stewardship
    26 Mar 2025Complaint
    Found deficiencies in safety and environmental controls and in incident reporting/recordkeeping, including failures to protect residents and to document incidents properly.
    • 3201.7.0 Plant, Equipment and Physical EnvironmentPlant, Equipment and Physical Environment
    • 3201.9.0 Reports and RecordsReports and Records
    14 May 2024Follow-Up
    Concluded no deficiencies were identified during an unannounced follow-up and complaint survey.
    16 Feb 2024Complaint
    Found multiple deficiencies related to how grievances were handled and managed, with evidence of inadequate responses to resident concerns and documented issues in staff accountability.
    09 Jan 2023Inspection
    Investigated the facility and found deficiencies across dementia training, resident privacy, and incident reporting with several incidents lacking proper documentation and follow‑up.
    • Type A3201.5.6.1Dementia training
    • Type A§483.10(a)(1)Resident rights—dignity and privacy
    • Type A§483.75 (Incident reporting requirement)Incident reporting
    07 Sept 2022Follow-Up
    Found no deficiencies identified during a follow-up survey conducted on September 7, 2022, confirming substantial compliance.
    01 Jul 2022Complaint
    Investigated an unannounced complaint and extended survey; identified deficiencies in documenting and managing life-sustaining code status and emergency responses, with related communication and record-keeping gaps.
    • Continued From page 2 - Life-sustaining status and emergency response deficiencies
    22 Jan 2021Infection Control
    Unannounced COVID-19 focused inspection identified deficiencies in infection prevention and control practices, including improper handling of infections and inadequate social distancing measures in communal areas and dining.
    • §483.80(a)Infection prevention and control program
    • §483.80(a)(4)Infection prevention and control program
    • §483.80(e)Infection prevention and control program
    • §483.80(f)Infection prevention and control program

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