Photo Gallery & Videos
https://kao.kendal.org/community-life/photos-videos/
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This is the place to find an assortment of photos and videos that help portray life on our campus and the fascinating people who live here. Photo Gallery Table of Contents Take a Campus Tour of Kendal Living Spaces Community Spaces Campus and Grounds
Yoga Teacher Training: Never Too Old
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/yoga-teacher-training-never-too-old/
, I was clearly stepping out of my comfort zone: Every other weekend for four months; 25 hours every weekend; two hot yoga classes each weekend; long stretches sitting on a cushion. I stocked up on Epsom salts and Tylenol. Along with the physical challenge, I knew the training would force me to face
Leadership Development Scholarship Created
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/leadership-development-scholarship/
The Kendal Northern Ohio Board Dinner is the annual event in which board members of Kendal at Oberlin, Kendal at Home, Senior Independence, and Kendal Northern Ohio who have completed serving their terms are honored, and all board members from these boards are thanked for their service. Ed Miller
How We Knew: Three Residents Share Their Journeys to Kendal
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/how-we-knew-three-residents-share-their-journeys-to-kendal/
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 their Florida home and moved
Values in Action: Intergenerational Engagement
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/values-in-action-intergenerational-engagement/
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 known as Quakers
Kendal Communities Recognized for Excellence in Health Care
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/kendal-communities-recognized-excellence-health-care/
U.S. News & World Report has included the care centers of eight Kendal communities on its list of Best Nursing Homes for 2018–19, including Kendal at Oberlin. The Kendal affiliates identified as being among top performers in a U.S. News report released Oct. 30 were: The Admiral at the Lake Barclay
Homegrown Tomatoes Advance to the KaO Leadership Team
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/homegrown-tomatoes-advance-to-the-kao-leadership-team/
Kendal at Oberlin has recently promoted two new directors for the life plan community’s leadership team. It’s great to see staff members grow professionally and take on new responsibilities. We call those who advance in their professional careers at Kendal our “Homegrown Tomatoes.” In November 2023
Kendal at Oberlin CEO Barbara Thomas to Retire in February
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/kendal-at-oberlin-ceo-barbara-thomas-to-retire-in-february/
Kendal at Oberlin, a nonprofit life plan community in Oberlin, Ohio, has announced that CEO Barbara Thomas will retire in February 2024 with 32 years leading the organization. She began her career with Kendal in 1992, one year before the Oberlin retirement community opened to residents in 1993
Michele Tarsitano-Amato: 31 Years at Kendal at Oberlin
https://kao.kendal.org/blog/news/michele-tarsitano-amato-31-years-at-kendal-at-oberlin/
This month Michele Tarsitano-Amato celebrates her 31st anniversary working at Kendal, and that puts her in an elite group: founding staff member of Kendal, which opened in 1993. Michele has been working in the field of aging since her undergraduate years at Ohio University, and from day one
