DMMA's 2026 SSI-related standards set Delaware's Long Term Care Programs income threshold at 250% of the SSI rate — $2,485 a month for one person and $3,727.50 for a couple. Each applicant also gets a $20 disregard on available income, which effectively raises those figures to $2,505 and $3,747.50, though DMMA is careful to note that needs-based income like a VA pension doesn't get that same $20 disregard.
On the resource side, nothing changed for 2026: the limit remains $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 for a couple. When one spouse needs long-term care and the other stays in the community, though, Delaware switches to a separate spousal-impoverishment framework for assessing resources and setting the community spouse's protected allowance, rather than applying these baseline numbers directly.