The Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes Kendal and the Health Benefit of Trees Good news for Kendal at Oberlin and the John Bartram Arboretum! The Arbor Day Foundation has named Kendal at Oberlin a 2022 Tree Campus® Healthcare institution for its commitment to planting, nurturing, and celebrating trees

The Woodshop at Kendal has been a fixture at the life plan community since it opened its doors in 1993. In earlier years residents arrived with home tools in hand, which made it easy and inexpensive to outfit the Woodshop. Residents paid a nominal membership fee, but that didn’t mean all

remains of the pandemic and faced many major historical moments, and despite if not because of them, together, we emerged stronger. During this time, we – the Kendal family – found strength in each other and in those around us. Guided always by our values, we rose to challenges by bringing new

Kendal at Oberlin, a vibrant Ohio life plan community (also known as a continuing care retirement community, or CCRC), is pleased to announce that Fitch Ratings has affirmed the organization’s Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A+’ and the rating outlook is stable. According to the report from Fitch

One of the cornerstones of Kendal at Oberlin is a rich intergenerational atmosphere that provides residents with lots of opportunities to engage with younger generations. Residents volunteer at the Early Learning Center, an early childhood program located on Kendal’s campus, and they mentor Oberlin

,” “reduced sodium” or “no salt added.” Nutrition is a Big Topic at Kendal Eating healthy food is a staple on the Kendal at Oberlin campus. So is a fruitful conversation about nutrition, whether it’s during committee meetings, across dining room tables or at community-wide forums, like the one held this month

For several years Kendal has been offering workshops about the importance of talking with loved ones about end-of-life decisions. At the start of the workshop residents often comment, “My family isn’t ready for this,” but return after having the conversation to say, “I was wrong. They were ready

home exhausted, but I was smiling again, I had hope again,” Liz told Kendal at Oberlin residents and friends at a post-march forum held at Kendal.    In all, about two dozen Kendal residents, staff, board and family members, attended the D.C. march. Many others from Kendal and Oberlin donated water

, double the 2013 ratio. Others find love next door, meeting each other while living at a retirement community. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, JoDee Palmer, admissions assistant at Kendal at Oberlin, decided to highlight several couples who met at Kendal  in a display outside the Marketing/Admissions