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The Moorings At Lewes

17028 CADBURY CIRCLE, LEWES, DE, 19958

(302) 645-6400

40 licensed beds

CMS rates The Moorings At Lewes 5 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 2 citations across 6 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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17028 Cadbury Circle

Lewes, DE 19958

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

085053

Care type

Nursing home

County

Sussex

Facility name

The Moorings At Lewes

Street address

17028 CADBURY CIRCLE

City / state / ZIP

Lewes, DE 19958

Phone

(302) 645-6400

Website

springpointsl.org

About this facility — The Moorings At Lewes

The Moorings At Lewes is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Lewes, Delaware. It is licensed for 40 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Delaware (110 beds).

It is one of 4 senior care facilities in Lewes and 44 skilled nursing facilities across Delaware. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited The Moorings At Lewes 2 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on November 6, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Operator / owner

Garrett Midgett

Parent company

Springpoint Senior Living

Ownership type

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Argondizza, Anthony

Officer · Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 2017

Cafferty, Maureen

Officer · Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 1999

Kopec, Marybeth

Additional disclosable party — since 2006

Midgett, Garrett

Officer · Operational control · Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 2009

Springpoint Senior Living Inc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017

Woodward, David

Officer · Operational control · Trustee · Additional disclosable party — since 2017

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

2 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

2008-01-03

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

0 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2026-01-09

Nurse staffing

4.6 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$716 per day (≈ $21,770/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

7% Medicaid · 10% Medicare · 84% private/other

Occupancy

84% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

43% above the DE median of $502/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-11-06. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2024-01-22Health inspection2 citations

F-0758

D · No harm found

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Corrected 2024-02-21

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-02-21

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 085053.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in Delaware.

Inspection citations, 3 years

Among the fewest of nursing homes in the state

State median: 35

Federal fines, 3 years

No federal fines on record

State median: $38,290

Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

4.6

Higher than 81% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 4.0

Nursing staff turnover, annual

39%

Higher than 39% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 40%

Resident outcomes

On 21 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the Delaware average on 13 and worse on 5. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased	18.8%	12.3%	13.5%	Worse than state
Lose too much weight	5.6%	5.5%	5.1%	Near state average
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	Better than state
With a urinary tract infection	3.2%	1.9%	1.5%	Worse than state
Have depressive symptoms	1.3%	10.6%	13.5%	Better than state
Were physically restrained	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	Better than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury	0.0%	2.9%	3.2%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	100.0%	96.2%	93.7%	Near state average
Ability to walk independently worsened	16.3%	12.1%	12.7%	Worse than state
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	12.9%	21.9%	19.5%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	100.0%	98.8%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	4.2%	3.4%	4.5%	Worse than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	14.9%	19.3%	18.3%	Better than state
Received an antipsychotic medication	17.9%	10.6%	15.4%	Worse than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days	0.66	1.75	1.81	Better than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days	0.68	1.33	1.69	Better than state

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	100.0%	84.5%	82.3%	Better than state
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	0.5%	0.9%	1.5%	Better than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	100.0%	88.4%	80.1%	Better than state
Were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission	20.3%	22.7%	23.4%	Better than state
Had an outpatient emergency department visit	5.9%	10.8%	11.8%	Better than state

Source: CMS MDS and Medicare claims quality measures, measure period 2025Q3-2026Q2. Averages are computed from all nursing homes reporting each measure.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in Delaware

Licensing: Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Health Care Quality (DHCQ)
File a complaint: 877-453-0012 · Online
Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 855-773-1002. A free advocate for residents and families.
Adult Protective Services: 888-277-4302. Some states send facility cases to licensing instead. In an emergency, call 911.
Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116, a federal service for local aging help.

Nearest emergency hospitals

Beebe Medical Center, about 1.2 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc., about 26 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc, about 29 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

Nearby facilities with inspection records

Excelcare At Lewes, Lewes, about 1.5 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Cadia Rehabilitation Renaissance, Millsboro, about 9.1 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Ocean Grove Post Acute, Millsboro, about 14 miles. CMS rating 1 of 5.
Delaware Bay Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Georgetown, about 14 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Pelican Pointe Post Acute Nursing & Rehabilitation, North Cape May, about 19 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.

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CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-11-06

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NPI 1881734374

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