in traffic or are experiencing some other type of stress,” says Pressman, “you might try to hold your face in a smile for a moment. Not only will it help you ‘grin and bear it’ psychologically, but it might actually help your heart health as well” Water Everywhere Oceans, lakes and rivers draw us near

physically and mentally engaged, especially for older adults who “are the most likely to receive greater benefits from volunteering, whether because they are more likely to face higher incidence of illness or because volunteering provides them with physical and social activity and a sense of purpose

through our stuff, much less our parents’ leftovers. Chief among the excuses is fear you will get rid of something truly valuable and not know it. Right behind that, though you won’t admit it, is the worry that you might have to face the fact that what you thought was valuable isn’t,” she writes in her

well-lived,” Dr. Wyatt writes. At Kendal at Oberlin, we experience the occasional loss of treasured and loved residents, so we decided to do something about it. Our staff got together and created the monthly Heartstrings newsletter, which offers comfort and addresses issues related to death

Published: August 24, 2022 Kendal at Oberlin, and Kendal Corporation’s other affiliates are independent and not part of, or sponsored by any religious or social institution, but they were founded and continue to grow with intentional regard for the principles of the Religious Society of Friends

Published: March 15, 2018 During Ruth Graf’s decade living at Kendal at Oberlin, her daughter Tina always looked forward to her visits. Tina enjoyed their mother/daughter time together, but that’s not the only reason she liked coming to Kendal. “Every time I visited I never wanted to leave

Published: July 27, 2022 Kendal at Oberlin, and Kendal Corporation’s other affiliates are independent and not part of, or sponsored by any religious or social institution, but they were founded and continue to grow with intentional regard for the principles of the Religious Society of Friends, also

, computer or other reading device? Attended church through Facebook, Vimeo or other social media? All of the above? For many of us the answer is likely “All of the above.”  Life during COVID-19 is tough, but just imagine the challenges we would face without Internet, Wi-Fi, a Smartphone and a whole slew

Published: December 20, 2019 Oberlin College alumni Bruce Harker and Anne Palmer spent nearly a decade deciding that Kendal at Oberlin was the best life plan community for them. “My parents had aged in place and that didn’t work out very well,” Anne said.  So in the fall of 2017, they sold