1 / 6The Summit is a large continuum-of-care community in Hockessin that draws consistently high marks for its friendly, attentive staff, active social calendar, and dining program, with many families describing smooth transitions and strong bonds with caregivers, especially in memory care. At the same time, a meaningful number of reviewers describe serious lapses in management responsiveness, unresolved maintenance problems, and billing frustrations that they say aren't visible during a tour.
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The Summit is a senior living community in Hockessin, Delaware, offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Respite Care. The community is designed to serve seniors across a range of care needs, from those who value independence to residents requiring additional daily support.
Assisted Living residents receive chef-prepared meals, weekly housekeeping, scheduled transportation, and assistance with daily activities while maintaining independence and dignity. The Memory Care program, called SHINE® Memory Care, uses science and personalization to support seniors living with dementia, drawing on partnerships with national Alzheimer's and dementia experts to inform programming and staff training.
The community features a vibrant social calendar with special events, outings, movie nights, educational lectures, art classes, and live entertainment. A full-time Activities Director organizes programming based on residents' interests. Dining is a central feature, with chef-prepared meals using fresh ingredients and rotating seasonal menus developed with resident input. Dimensions Health & Fitness programming offers recreational and social options along with available onsite therapies to support strength, balance, and flexibility.
The Summit campus includes comfortable apartment homes, beautiful outdoor spaces, housekeeping and maintenance services, and scheduled transportation for shopping, errands, and local outings. The community honors veterans with exclusive savings and staffing that includes military veterans.
Located in Hockessin's scenic woodlands, the community provides access to the Hockessin Athletic Club, Swift Park Trail System, and Ashland Nature Center. Residents can also reach local cafés and markets in downtown Hockessin, as well as cultural and medical resources in nearby Newark and Wilmington.
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anthony Necastro
Jun 2026
I moved to The Summit about a year ago and find out a very nice place to be. I enjoy the staff very nice and Lisa is really a nice lady. She’s helped me a lot and all the guests that live here are really nice so there’s a lot to look forward to. They even have exercise place where Bayata is great cause I have to get some PT as also nice to have the workout room so many things are incorporated in here. Keep up the good work,
Debi Feinman
Feb 2026
In 2023 we began having a conversation with our Dad about what it would look like to leave Connecticut in order to live closer to family. I live just outside Denver and my sister resides in Newark, Delaware. While the mountains of Colorado were enticing, staying on the east coast with a larger majority of his family nearby won out. So in July 2024 we helped Dad pack his life in Connecticut and moved him into The Summit in Hockessin, DE.<br>Choosing the Summit was a process for sure. Our family is known for doing it's research and asking an excessive amount of questions. When it came to making a final choice though, The Summit was hands down the winner! And we have never looked back. The location and accessibility to local retail is great. From the exterior the property is beautiful. Once inside the building you feel more like you're in a high end hotel than an independent living facility. The amenities are incredible! Dad's favorites being the movie theater, the game room and the pub. Dad's one-bedroom apartment is spacious and light filled, with a balcony overlooking the retaining pond. But the BEST part about The Summit are the people! ALL of the people! Those that work for the Summit - in the background and in the forefront, are friendly and provide a level of service that makes you feel like they truly care about you. And the residents are engaging, humorous, supportive and filled with love! Dad's an introvert - but he made so many new friends and got involved in numerous activities, some of which we expected (cards + games) and some of which shocked us (performing in the annual skit). Dad quickly fell in love with his new life in Hockessin at The Summit! Honestly I don't have a single negative thing to say about our entire experience with The Summit. My only regret....is that we didn't get Dad to relocate a few years earlier! The Summit staff and residents have truly become an extension of our family and we're forever grateful!
Illu Vatar
Jan 2026
If you're reading this its probably too late, but if you or your loved one needs such a place, get out of the country.<br>If that's not possible, at least avoid this place.<br>I regret keeping my loved one there even as long as I did because I thought they would all be equally bad. Once we finally did leave, it was like a breath of fresh air. And the other place accepted mediciad also, so don't think private pay only means better care. Not only was appropriate care actually provided elsewhere, but staff communicated as compassionate humans rather than scared worker drones who are brow beaten by legal advisors giving them scripts when they can't avoid keeping their mouths shut. No one in management cares, and staff act terrified to communicate. And the staff that did care, leave, where their talents and skills can actually be put to good use.<br>Oh, and their employees write "reviews" on google without disclosing their relationship as employees. I'm looking at you Matthew Biferato and your review here. Stay classy.
meg lexton
Dec 2025
The evening supervisor Jewel is very rude and need to learn better people skills. i spoke to her about my mothers concerns and she was very nasty towards me and extremely dismissive.
CURTIS Shellenberger
Dec 2025
I’m very satisfied with the facilities and the management and the employees. Overall, the dining room servers are fantastic. They do a great job. The facilities are excellent and well Maintained. They offer outside activities, which you can join in or not some are free and some are optional pay I used to attend almost all of the outside activities the various theaters and plays but now that I’m in a handicap mode I do very little outside activities anymore.
The Summit offers Assisted Living, Independent Living and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
The Summit is located at 5850 Limestone Rd in Hockessin, Delaware.
The Summit is a large continuum-of-care community in Hockessin that draws consistently high marks for its friendly, attentive staff, active social calendar, and dining program, with many families describing smooth transitions and strong bonds with caregivers, especially in memory care. At the same time, a meaningful number of reviewers describe serious lapses in management responsiveness, unresolved maintenance problems, and billing frustrations that they say aren't visible during a tour.
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