Retirement Community

One day, a Kendal at Oberlin resident checked his email and found a message from an old friend in the inbox.

Most of us seek various degrees of balance in our daily life. We look for evenness in work and play, solitude and human contact, rest and activity. We try to…

People who work the night shift at a retirement community’s care center often form a special bond. The hustle and bustle of an active community is still, yet the needs…

My mother had her end game all figured out. In her early 70s, she moved to a first-floor condominium, near friends, shopping, doctors, golf, restaurants, church and all the other…

“I could have danced all night,” Julie Andrews sang in My Fair Lady. But in reality, she has danced all her life. Turns out dancing isn’t just for fun. It’s…

Kendal’s Courtyard Garden opened in the summer of 2000, just at the time that Bill Schreiner and his wife, Kathryn, were moving to the community. Within days, Bill was working…

Every spring, Jerry Berner takes to his bully pulpit to promote the benefits of Fun Fitness Week at Kendal at Oberlin, the key word being “Fun.”

A common refrain when people start to visit retirement communities to consider a move is, “What am I going to do with all my stuff?” It’s a big concern, fueled…

The Stephens Care Center hallways and living spaces are full of smiling people as Kendal residents Elizabeth Hole and Betsy David make their twice-weekly rounds with their dogs Spirit and…