Published: January 23, 2024 On March 2, 1992 Barbara Thomas headed to the third floor of a bank building in Oberlin to begin her new job with Kendal at Oberlin, “an organization that wasn’t even in the ground,” she says. That would come to completion 20 months later, on Oct. 6, 1993

Published: April 25, 2024 Along with competitive wages and benefits, working at Kendal means getting lots of smiles and thank-you’s from residents. Plus, twice a year residents show their gratitude with monetary gifts that are divided among non-management employees based on their years of service

Published: October 5, 2023 For nearly 30 years Kendal at Oberlin residents and staff have been creating community in ways big and small. As the community prepares to celebrate its 30th birthday this fall, we’ll explore how the 110-acre campus, home to hundreds of residents over the years, creates

Kim Leek is Promoted Kendal at Oberlin is pleased to announce that Kim Leek, who has been most recently serving as the community’s Interim Director of Nursing, has accepted and been promoted to the position of Director of Nursing for the Stephens Care Center (SCC). Kim has been a nurse in the field

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

that Matt Baloun and his team at Kendal at Oberlin were going to see drastic drops to their overall caseload and residents might be at risk of isolation and functional declines. This simply wasn’t the case. Matt got creative in his scheduling approach and presented a plan which allowed dedicated clinicians