Chapter 01
A hotelier comes home
Vivian Okafor-Hale spent fifteen years running hotels in Tulsa. When her father's dementia worsened, she moved home to Claremore to care for him and saw how early the days ended in every place they toured.
Our story
How we got here
The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.
Our story
Why we light the candles
Chapter 02
The stone house on the hill
In 2014 she bought a stone house above the valley with a great room, a deep porch and a hillside of lilacs. She added a wing of suites and kept the parlor fireplace at the heart of the house.
Chapter 03
Supper at six
From the first night, supper has been served at six by candlelight, on linen, with a choice of entrée. Her father called it the best restaurant in Rogers County.
Chapter 04
The evening shift
Vivian built the staffing around the hours that are hardest for older adults: late afternoon and evening. That is when Lilac Hill has the most caregivers on the floor.
- 14private suites with baths
- 365candlelit suppers a year
- 4:1residents to caregivers each evening
- 2015the year Lilac Hill opened
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Rogers County Readers' Choice · Best Senior Residence (sample)
- Claremore Chamber · Hospitality Award (sample)
- Family survey · 98% would recommend (sample)
- Licensed residential care home · Oklahoma
Come for supper. Stay for the music.
Our Thursday evening tours are the best way to see Lilac Hill. Call Vivian, or reserve a time below.