Memory care · Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Her pie crust still turns out. So does her laugh.

Bluestem is a 24-resident memory care home where the day is built around what each person can still do, and still loves to do.

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24residents in two small households
2011caring for Bartlesville families
1:6caregiver to resident ratio by day

A smiling resident in a red cardigan sifting flour into a mixing bowl in a bright kitchen

How we work

We start with who they were, then meet them where they are.

Before move-in, we sit down with your family and write a life story: the job they held, the songs they know by heart, how they took their coffee, what time they liked to be up. That story becomes the care plan every caregiver reads.

So when your dad gets restless at four o'clock, we already know he spent thirty years on the evening shift at the refinery. We hand him a clipboard and a walk around the courtyard, not a sedative. Small things like that make most of the difference.

— Dana Whitlock, executive director

A resident and her caregiver smiling over an old family photograph

Care & services

What every day includes

One monthly rate covers care, meals and programming. We meet with each family before move-in and put the care plan in writing.

Care, day and night

Dementia-trained caregivers on every shift
The same small team in each household, so faces stay familiar.
24/7
Life-story care plans
Written with your family and updated as needs change.
Included
Medication management and doctor coordination
Licensed nurse oversight, pharmacy delivery and visiting physicians.
Included
Help with bathing, dressing and meals
Unrushed, with choices offered at every step.
Included

The good part of the day

Kitchen club, garden hour and music after lunch
Purposeful work for busy hands: rolling dough, folding towels, watering tomatoes.
Daily
Beauty shop and barber chair, Thursday mornings
A wash and set, a shave, a little gossip. Most residents never miss it.
On site
Secure courtyard with a looping walking path
Open from sunup to sundown, with benches every few yards.
Included
Family support group, second Tuesday of the month
Coffee, a social worker and other families who understand.
Open to all

Photo tour

A Tuesday at Bluestem

A resident in a green apron rolling dough at the kitchen counter

Two residents in headphones laughing during afternoon music hour

A husband and wife sorting through old photographs together

A resident resting on a stool in the courtyard vegetable garden

A resident working through a page of notes at the dining table while a caregiver looks on

A caregiver holding a resident's hands as they talk in the sitting room

Sample family reviews

From our families

Mom ran the church kitchen for forty years. The first week, they had her teaching two caregivers how to crimp a pie shell. She came alive again.

Teresa M.Daughter of a resident

They called me after Dad's first night just to say he ate a good breakfast. I didn't know how much I needed that call until it came.

Greg H.Son of a resident

Visit

Find us in Bartlesville

2210 SE Bluestem Court
Bartlesville, OK
Visitor spaces are by the front porch. Ring the bell and someone will walk you in.
(918) 555-0137
Text us
visit@bluestemmemory.example
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