This month Quinn Barbee is celebrating his 13-year anniversary as a Kendal employee.  During his tenure at Kendal he has worked in Facility Services – three years in Transportation and the last decade in Maintenance. “I love being able to give the residents the support they need and to treat

Kendal at Oberlin is committed to the importance of accreditation. The required focus on self-study, continuous improvement and benchmarking against like organizations, helps us to serve our residents and staff better. It’s like the “Seal of Approval” that assures a commitment to quality. Our

remains of the pandemic and faced many major historical moments, and despite if not because of them, together, we emerged stronger. During this time, we – the Kendal family – found strength in each other and in those around us. Guided always by our values, we rose to challenges by bringing new

Update to residents on 4/18/2023 “Kendal Family News” We’ve been part of the Kendal family for more than 30 years if you consider we were under development with The Kendal Corporation since 1987 and opened in 1993. The family has grown a lot since then and when there is news about the family

Deb Lindner has been a housekeeper at Kendal at Oberlin for 14 years. As she cleans apartments in the Stephens Care Center, she chats with residents, sharing stories and answering questions. “I know every single resident like I know my own grandmother,” she says. Working in resident’s homes means

Kim Leek, Kendal’s Director of Nursing, has a new co-worker – her 17-year-old son Tyler. A 2023 North Olmsted High School graduate, Tyler took advantage of Kendal’s State Tested Nursing Assistant Program and accepted a PRN position as a nurse’s aide at Kendal. He is currently in orientation. Kim

Meet Ramie Ybarra Every year the Kendal community celebrates employee tenure anniversaries (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years) with an appreciation program. On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Kendal at Oberlin honored 27 employees for service milestones. Meet one of them: Ramie Ybarra has spent her

Kendal at Oberlin Housekeeping Supervisor Denise Makay was featured in an article in the “Meeting Ground” section of KendalNet in March 2018. KendalNet is the intranet for Kendal staff, and “Meeting Ground” is the section that features relevant Kendal staff news from around the affiliate system

. In these communities there is the spirit of shared responsible for health and strength of the institution and of each other. In a conversation with Sean Kelly, Kendal Corporation CEO, he told me that maybe as many as 90% of senior living communities trend toward the cruise ship model, leaving only about 10