Col. (Ret.) Denise Harlan, RN
Executive Director
Twenty-six years as an Army nurse, including six at the hospital on post. Opened Medicine Bluff's memory care households in 1998.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, caregivers and leaders who stay, and who know every resident by name.
Our team
Our people, many of them veterans too
Marisol Peña, RN
Director of Nursing
A former Air Force flight nurse who has led our nursing team for eleven years.
Dr. James Whitaker
Medical Director
A Lawton geriatrician who coordinates closely with VA providers and makes monthly rounds.
Rev. Samuel Odom
Chaplain
A retired Army chaplain who served two tours overseas. Leads Sunday services and sits with anyone who needs company at night.
Kiana Brooks, LMSW
Social Worker & VA Benefits Lead
An Army spouse who knows the benefits system inside and out. She has helped more than two hundred families apply.
Tasha Ramirez, LPN
Night Nurse Supervisor
Former Army medic. Residents who wake at 0300 sure they're on watch find her calm, steady and on their side.
Darnell Price
Life Enrichment Director
Marine Corps veteran who runs morning colors, the band hour and the Friday spades tournament.
Grace Kim
Dietary Manager
Feeds thirty-six people three times a day and keeps a file of every resident's favorite mess-hall meal.
Sample family reviews
From military families
Dad was a drill sergeant at Fort Sill for nine years. They let him call cadence on the walking path. He hasn't been this happy since before the diagnosis.
My husband woke every night at three, sure he was in Da Nang. Tasha sits with him until he settles. She was a medic; she knows.
Kiana got Mom's Aid and Attendance approved in four months. We'd been stuck for a year on our own.
I'm stationed in Germany. Every Sunday they set up a video call and Dad salutes me through the screen.
Mother was a war bride from Bavaria. A caregiver here learned a German lullaby for her. I don't know how to thank her.
His shadow box hangs by his door: Bronze Star, unit patch, wedding photo. He stops and looks at it every time he walks by.
Veterans Day they took six residents to the parade downtown. Dad wore his VFW cap and saluted every flag that went by.
Colonel Harlan returned my call on a Sunday night. That's the kind of place this is.
Chaplain Odom sat with Granddad the night he passed. We couldn't get there in time, and he wasn't alone. That means everything.
Come meet the folks on the Bluff.
Call or text the front desk, or ask for Colonel Harlan by name. She'll walk you through the house and the VA paperwork.