Dover is home. Our office is at 235 South Queen Street, a few minutes from Camden, Wyoming, and the neighborhoods in between. About 6,900 Dover residents are 65 or older, and many of them want to stay right where they are. Our caregivers help make that work.

Home care services in Dover

Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, and safe help moving around the house
Companion care: conversation, meals together, and help keeping up with appointments and errands
Respite care: time off for the family member who usually does it all
Dementia care: a steady routine for someone living with memory loss

After a stay at Bayhealth Kent Campus

Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus, on South State Street is where many Dover families go for emergency and hospital care. Coming home afterward can be a lot. We can help with getting in and out of bed, showers, meals, and medication reminders while your loved one gets back on their feet. See home care after a hospital stay.

Local support for Dover seniors

The Modern Maturity Center on Forrest Avenue offers programs, trips, and Meals on Wheels for older adults. Veterans in the area get care at the Kent County VA Clinic on South Bay Road. Our caregivers can help your loved one get ready for appointments and activities like these.

Why Dover families choose Reliable Aid

We're a Black-owned, family-run agency based right here, rated 4.9 stars on Google with more reviews than any other in-home care agency in Delaware. Every caregiver is background-checked, we're insured and bonded, and if your caregiver can't make a visit, we send a backup. We work with Delaware Medicaid's long-term care program and all three of its health plans: Highmark Health Options, AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, and Delaware First Health. See how Medicaid home care works.

Caring for a family member yourself? If they qualify for Delaware Medicaid long-term care, you may be able to get paid to care for them as a Reliable Aid employee.

Visit our Dover office

235 South Queen Street #2, Dover, DE 19904. Call (302) 689-3240, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You're welcome to call first and talk it through. Contact us or read more about us.

Questions Dover families ask

How do I get paid as a caregiver for a family member in Delaware?

Your loved one needs to qualify for Delaware Medicaid long-term care, and their plan approves the hours. Then you can be hired by Reliable Aid as their caregiver. Here are the steps.

How do I know a home care agency is reputable?

Make sure it's licensed by the State of Delaware. Reliable Aid is a licensed Personal Assistance Services Agency, license PASA-052. You can confirm it on the state's list of licensed agencies.

Do you serve the rest of Kent County?

Yes. We care for families in Smyrna, Clayton, Harrington, Felton, Magnolia, and across Kent County, plus Milford.

Looking for caregiver or CNA jobs in Dover? See caregiver jobs.

Population figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023.

Home care in Dover, Delaware