Senior Care in Rogers County: Claremore, Catoosa and Inola

The county at a glance

Rogers County, northeast of Tulsa, had about 102,197 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 19,922 of them 65 or older (19.5%) and 2,105 aged 85 or older. Claremore is the county seat, with Catoosa, Inola, Oologah, Chelsea and the eastern edge of Owasso among its communities. Hillcrest Hospital Claremore and Claremore Indian Hospital appear in CMS's hospital list, and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs operates the Claremore Veterans Center, which OSDH licenses as a nursing home.

For families, the most practical difference from Tulsa County is the agency network. Rogers County belongs to the Grand Gateway Area Agency on Aging, based in Big Cabin, at (918) 783-5793 or 1-800-482-4594. That is the office for information and assistance, in-home services and help applying for ADvantage.

Every licensed facility in Rogers County

These are the open licenses on OSDH's roster for Rogers County as of October 31, 2026, with CMS ratings for certified nursing homes.

Two features stand out. Claremore has a nursing home dementia unit, Memory Care Center at Emerald, alongside an assisted living center whose licensed name includes memory care. And the residential care homes in Claremore include one licensed for a large number of residents; ask any residential care home about the people it serves, because several in the region serve adults with mental illness as well as older adults.

The Claremore Veterans Center

The Claremore Veterans Center is one of the long-term care centers ODVA runs for eligible Oklahoma veterans. It is the largest licensed nursing home in the six counties by beds on OSDH's roster. Admission goes through ODVA, not directly through the center, and eligibility rules differ from an ordinary nursing home. CMS does not publish a star rating for it in the data we use. Veterans and surviving spouses considering private care should also look at VA pension with Aid and Attendance, which can help pay for assisted living or home care.

Help at home in Rogers County

For many Rogers County families, especially in the rural east of the county, staying home with help is the realistic first plan. ADvantage can pay for personal care, home-delivered meals and other services for those who qualify, and Grand Gateway administers Older Americans Act in-home services and caregiver support. The Rogers County adult day center in Claremore gives daytime care and a break for working caregivers. When home stops working, the nursing homes in Claremore, Catoosa and Inola and the assisted living centers in Claremore and Catoosa are the local options, with Owasso a short drive west.

A specialized home in Inola cares for residents who need ventilator support, a level of care few nursing homes offer; families of medically complex patients being discharged from Tulsa hospitals should ask the case manager about it.

Checking records before you choose

Read the latest survey documents in each facility's OSDH public file, and for nursing homes compare CMS staffing hours and turnover with the Tulsa-area median on our facility pages. In a county with a handful of options, the best way to choose is to read the records for all of them, visit the two that look strongest at different times of day, and ask each the same questions about overnight staffing, medications and what happens when care needs grow.

Choosing between Claremore and Tulsa

Families in Inola, Chelsea or Oologah often weigh a Claremore option close to home against the much larger choice in Owasso and Tulsa. Distance matters more than people expect, because frequent visits are one of the best protections a resident has. A good rule is to shortlist the two or three closest buildings that meet your parent's needs, read their state survey documents, and only widen the search if none of them works.

For nursing homes, compare CMS staffing hours and turnover alongside the overall rating. Several Rogers County homes have overall ratings in the lower half, which makes a careful reading of recent inspections especially worthwhile.