National Nutrition Month: Personalize Your Plate
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with a variety of cultural preferences." Speaking of cultural foods, this month might be a good time to try healthy foods from cultures other than your own. Here are some Academy-recommended recipes for Asian, Middle Eastern and Native American dishes. Tips from Kendal at Oberlin’s Community Nutritionist
COVID-19 Brings Technology Advances at Kendal
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restructure personal and community life because their older adult residents are most at risk of getting seriously ill and dying from COVID-19. Even before the pandemic, Kendal at Oberlin strived for state-of-the-art technology but since COVID, the retirement community has really ramped up its offerings
Voice Assistants Connect Older Adults
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Published: January 29, 2021 After Judy Riggle’s stroke in 2018, she moved from her cottage to the Stephens Care Center at Kendal at Oberlin. Her husband Tom and cocker spaniel Susie visited daily, sometimes more than once. But when the pandemic forced Kendal to close the care center to visitors
New Year New Exercise
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physical – and fun – activity that often falls by the wayside as we age is dancing. But dancing shouldn’t be pushed aside because it offers lots of benefits for older adults, Kendal Wellness Coordinator Jill Tvaroha told Kendall residents during a recent Zoom gathering. And dancing is for everyone
Healthy Aging: The Friendship Factor
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.” Kendal Residents Share their Friendship Stories “Under the best of circumstances, moving to a new place is challenging, but the pandemic added another layer of difficulty,” says Lillie Long, who moved to Kendal with her husband (and best friend) Nick last spring. Despite the restrictions on group
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
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offers many free online resources and guides. Hands-on Help Many companies, such as Best Buy Geek Squad, TechtoUs and Candoo Tech offer tech support and training for businesses and individuals. Candoo’s training is designed for older adults, which is why Kendal at Oberlin decided to offer Candoo
Positive Attitude on Aging - What Kendal Residents Love About Aging
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from Oxford, Ohio over more than two decades. The Yale researcher Becca Levy found that those with a positive attitude toward aging lived on average 7.5 years longer than those who viewed it as something bad. What Kendal residents “love” about growing old We asked a number of Kendal residents what
Red & Orange on Your Dinner Plate
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in Elyria. And if you need yet another reason to eat locally grown produce, remember buying locally supports your farming neighbors and reduces transportation and other stresses on the environment. A favorite orange dish at Kendal Here’s a fall favorite recipe from Kendal Executive Chef Scott Stonestreet
Farmers Markets and Other Fresh News
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Published: June 18, 2020 We always celebrate Ohio’s summer harvest of corn, peaches and the like but this year when we’re searching for reminders that life’s beauty continues it’s especially gratifying to see our state’s colorful fresh bounty in the fields and in our hands. Kendal at Oberlin