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Sunrise of Wilmington

2215 Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE 19803

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8.3
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58 reviews
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8.3
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58 reviews
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4.0 out of 5 stars

Review for Sunrise of Wilmington

The staff was fantastic - before, during, and after. The activities were great (an Elvis impersonator!!). The food was good. The facility was clean, but there was a bit of a smell.

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Sunrise of Wilmington

Just minutes from the Delaware/Pennsylvania state line, Sunrise of Wilmington is set in the heart of Brandywine Hundred. We pride ourselves in our dedication to creating a quality care alternative for seniors in the North Wilmington area.

Step into a Sunrise Assisted Living community and you can't help but feel at home. We stop at nothing to make your experience warm and inviting, from our homelike exterior architecture, to our comfortable community areas and choice of suites to our exceptional outdoor gardens and landscaping. Look around and you'll notice fresh flowers throughout the residence, and you may even spot our dog. And of course, there are always the friendly smiling faces of our staff to ensure that each day spent here is a welcome one.

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Sunrise of Wilmington

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8.3 out of 10
Review Score58 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.2
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Care Services
4.0
Staff
4.2
Meals & Dining
3.9
Activities
4.2
Value for Cost
4.0

A Place for Mom has scored Sunrise of Wilmington with 8.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 5 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Sunrise of Wilmington has 58 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.2 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 9/9/25

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Cindy

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 9, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Sunrise of Wilmington

Overall front desk 10/10. Most nurses 8/10. Aides 6/10, some were not very nice to mom and made us aware they did not like to take care of her as she was too "needy". Then others went out of their way for her. Depends on caregiver. Some aides would not take mom to activities. Staff did not always call back. so many choices and variety of food. Too expensive to eat with family member. $[fee removed] for dinner: soup, slice of ham, vegs and small piece of cake with a beverage. Good variety of activities If FiFi was involved it was 10/10! She was great. Driver, can't remember her name, was wonderful with the residents. She helped with activities also.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 8, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Review for Sunrise of Wilmington

The staff was fantastic - before, during, and after. The activities were great (an Elvis impersonator!!). The food was good. The facility was clean, but there was a bit of a smell.

BC.

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 9, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Review for Sunrise of Wilmington

It is a very nice place. It's small, 88 beds I believe, so most people know each other. The rooms are spacious and quite nice. The dining room is lovely, the food mediocre. There are plenty of activities to participate in during the day. Unfortunately now they are short staffed so certain things like trash collection, laundry, weekly showers are a bit behind.

Janice S

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 6, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Communication Lacking

My experience with many of the staff was frustrating. My hubby [name removed],was in the Memory section; 2 wk. respite care. Witness to mealtime. A menu was displayed on the table. However, [name removed] cannot understand the written word. Server verbalized the short list of items. Again, it was too much for him to comprehend. I mentioned to the server that he needs to see the items to make a decision (of the two items). The next time I was there at mealtime, the server did just that. Thank you. One late afternoon, I was approached by staff member who said that the battery was dead on [name removed] electric razor. "Why wasn't I informed?" I asked him. I could have easy brought the charger with my visit. No response. 'Activities' were sometimes a joke. Staff reading/questioning from whatever as most of residents slept or seemed bored. At times there was no nurse in sight to field answers to my questions. I reiterate: frustrating. Arriving home with [name removed], I noticed a bottle of pills was missing. Reached my limit!

Donna B

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 2, 2025

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Nice facility staff not always nice

Expensive for care level . The food is good but the service isn’t. I am very disappointed with the care level. My mother is often ignored unless we are visiting the facility. Nurses are hit or miss. Some good, some not.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 13, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
1.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

Not recommended

My loved one was previously a resident at Sunrise. I would not recommend this facility to others.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

January 5, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
2.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Review for Sunrise of Wilmington

They are expensive for no reason. They charge you for everything except for air! You are definitely not getting your moneys worth. Memory care staff are glorified sitters. No real interaction with residents unless they have to. Sunrise locations look nice on the outside but are antiquated and outdated. The music, activities, and events are routinely rotated, boring and outdated.

Jen

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 28, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A bumpy journey with tons of help to smooth things out

The staff has been wonderful and helpful with my parents. They truly care and make it a family. [name removed] at the front desk has been going above and beyond with my parents making sure they feel welcome! She also has helped with appointments and serving in the dining room when needed and I am sure a million other things that nobody notices. [name removed] has also helped us with the learning curve of having a new environment.

Brad

Assisted Living

Resident/client

December 20, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A nice place to live. Top on my list of all facilities A Place for Mom provided.

Of all the places visited this place was best as not too big and not too small. It is a nice community where residents and staff all feel like family. Able to age further with care here compared to other places I looked at. They have assistance equipment and residents can have hospice care. Care good with a few hiccups why only 4 out of 5 stars. Great food and dining staff. Monthly resident feedback meeting. Variety of room sizes and configurations. I was able to get Floorplan of my room and layout my furniture to know what I could bring. The pricing structure is not as granular as I would like, but not as nickle and dime as other places charge. Nice to have weekly laundry service. Housekeeping and linnen laundry once a week. Free 15mbps Wi-Fi. I opted for my own 1Gbps network through the cable company.

Virginia K

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 20, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Care

The care staff and the operation staff are truly wonderful. My mother is receiving great care. We are greeted warmly by [name removed] every day. She is a great source of sunshine. Dining staff always accommodate my mother’s daily diet.

c

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 20, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Nice Place Nice People

Place is great little pricey. Staff is very nice and does what’s needed. The crowd here is older and the staff is great. There are nice activities here and the food is okay. There are different things to do and eat everyday. Parking is sometimes annoying but it’s overall good place.

Jean S

Assisted Living

Toured community

December 18, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Staff
5.0

Good service. Helpful people.

It,s good to have company and not be alone. The food is good including some of my favorites. I have had great help with some of my computer problems . It was really good that this type of help was available.

Ann

Assisted Living

Resident/client

December 18, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Sunrise of wilmington

I have been here at Sunrise of Wilmington for a year and a half and I am really comfortable. Although I miss my home, I have made many friends and like to be busy with the Activities. The food is enjoyable most of the time.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 9, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

A warm, home-like environment with caring staff

Overall, we have had a positive experience at Sunrise of Wilmington. The leadership team really cares about their residents and the quality of care that they provide. They take concerns seriously, and investigate them thoroughly. They are also willing to spend the necessary time to speak with the resident/family and decide the best plan of action for care. A minor place for improvement would be the responsiveness of the care staff. Sometimes the wait times get a little bit long. Also, Mom has some cognitive impairment, and she may not fully be aware of her options for dinner or activities. Some of the staff will help clarify that for her, which is fantastic. Others perhaps, not so much. As for the food, I have heard complaints from other residents as well as my Mom. I have tasted the food myself and it is amazingly bland. In some cases, they make food far too spicy, and yet it is still tasteless. Many times the rice will be crunchy and hard. This is the one place where I think things could really be improved. The quality of the ingredients seem reasonable, so I think it is just in the preparation. Overall, I would recommend this facility to family and friends.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 5, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Understand your family member's care plan and review it regularly

Sunrise of Wilmington has a new business plan where they are taking on residents with higher levels of disabilities. This is a group that is underserved outside of skilled nursing environments so that's a good thing for families that need that level of care. However Sunrise needs more staff to adequately provide care for that population because those people often require 2 aides working together to provide appropriate care. Accordingly, wait times for help with daily activities such as getting out of bed and dressing can be quite long. Also Sunrise has no shower facilities for non-ambulatory residents so they can only receive bed baths which can impact skin care long term. The staff is very friendly, caring and well intentioned but they have difficulty keeping up with the work loads, including care by aides, servers in the dining room, etc. In fairness that seems to be an industry-wide problem but it's exacerbated by the high level of care that many Sunrise residents require. I would recommend that families considering Sunrise ask careful questions regarding the care plan the facility prepares for their family member and monitor closely whether the care plan is being followed. I moved my loved one out as they could not provide the care that he needed.

Tina Woods

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 29, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Good place for a loved one.

Great staff. Sunrise of Wilmington truly seems like a good place. The staff are all engaged in their work and try very hard to adjust to each resident's needs. Clearly they are good people who have been properly trained as needed and take pride in their work.

TH

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 1, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Great

So far I have no complaints. They are helpful every time I call. Or go there. They are helpful attentive to my mother.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 21, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

My review of Sunrise

I highly recommend this community for you or your loved one. They have a lot of activities to keep the residents busy and occupied. They have activities like singing, karaoke, puzzles, and more for the residents to do. They provide very good care for the residents as needed in the memory care department.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 15, 2021

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

We chose Sunrise because we thought it would be the last place that we would have to move him to. We were under the impression that they provided skilled nursing, but they do not. I felt like when we were being sold that it was misrepresented.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

July 21, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Outstanding administration and caring community of nurses and staff. We love the smaller number or residents at Sunrise and the high nurse to resident ratio. Most of all my mother was sold when she learned that there is a wonderful resident dog and cat on the premises for residents to enjoy. We are very happy with Sunrise as our choice!

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