Conscious Discipline: a Skill for All Ages
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Published: August 18, 2023 Walking around an exhibit hall at an NAEYC conference, Kendal Early Learning Center Director Jeni Hoover came across a Conscious Discipline (CD) booth. She was curious, explored deeper and it didn’t take long for her to “catch” the CD “fever.” Now, 12 years later
Aging in Place in Community: Design for Future Needs
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in place in a life plan community. A Vibrant Community Designed for Older Adults Like other Life Plan or Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Kendal at Oberlin is physically designed so older adults can safely and comfortably age in place, while enjoying the vibrant lifestyle of an engaged
Circuit Training for Older Adults - Kendal at Oberlin
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up the exercises frequently to tame the exercise doldrums and keep improving your body.” Circuit Training Options Even better, you can put together a basic circuit at home with minimal expense. If you live in a life plan community, such as Kendal at Oberlin, you’ll have a well-equipped exercise room
Dance All Your Life to Stay Active
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a variety of dance classes and dance activities for residents. Programs are adapted for people with limited mobility, and others are disease-specific, such as Dance for PD® for those with Parkinson’s disease. Kendal is On the Move Every Sunday residents, and occasionally staff, gather in Kendal
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
Wildflowers near and far
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started out as Mt. Kendal, “a tongue-in-check name for the gentle rise along the northern boundary of the Kendal campus created by soil from the excavation work done for the original buildings, It’s not a mountain by any standard, but it’s the highest point on the campus,” according to “History
Voting 101
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Democrats running for state and local races. The 2022 Oberlin Community Candidates Night Planning Committee, which included Kendal residents Jan Larsen, Dennis and Judy Cook, Elizabeth Aldrich, and 2021 OCCN's co-chair Sandi McClennen, worked with a coalition of 15 local organizations to host
Don and Mary Louise VanDyke: A Love Story
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Published: February 9, 2022 Married for nearly 75 years, Don and Mary Louise VanDyke were devoted to each other, and to the community where they lived most of their life - Oberlin and Kendal at Oberlin. They never had children but over the years “adopted” many Oberlin College students
Start Gaining the Benefits of Lifelong Learning Today
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Published: September 4, 2019 A year ago, Robin Lauren was busy moving out of her Chicago-area home and into Kendal at Oberlin. Now she’s busy buying books, highlighters and other school supplies. This fall, Robin is auditing two academic classes at Oberlin College, taking an art class at Firelands