Taking Cardiovascular Health to Heart
The actual human heart looks nothing like the cartoonish renditions that have saturated countless media for hundreds of years, particularly during the month of February. The first known publication of…
Learn More
The COVID Vaccine: A Q&A for Seniors
For most of us, 2020 couldn’t get off the calendar quickly enough. Abundant memes depicted its annihilation (sledgehammers smashing 2020 and such) and even an entire film, “Death to 2020,”…
Learn More
Lessons in Lifelong Learning
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death,” said Albert Einstein. In Einsten’s day, the word “student” conjured images of young people sitting in rigid rows of…
Learn More
A Prescription for Everyone: Get Outside
While COVID has curtailed many activities this year, mother nature continues her show and, in the Lexington, and Rockbridge County area, there’s plenty to see. Kendal at Lexington is located…
Learn More
Hope and Help for Those Dealing with Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Most people associate grief with physical death. But a loved one developing dementia or Alzheimer’s evokes a similar sense of loss. As journalist and political commentator Candy Crowley so poignantly…
Learn More
Restoring Confidence and Independence with Adaptive Equipment Options
Therapy services at Kendal at Lexington has one driving focus; help residents keep or achieve as much independence as possible. Physical therapy covers a wide spectrum of care when it…
Learn More
We Need to Talk About Senior Living (Part 1)
There are few conversations more difficult than the one between adult children and their aging parents about moving into a care-centered living environment. This is the case in so-called “normal”…
Learn More
Simple Ways to Stay Hydrated and Healthy in the Summer Heat
For many, there is nothing better than spending time in the summer sun. Whether you simply enjoy taking walks throughout nature, exploring the many parks or outdoor activities, fishing, boating…
Learn More
Staying Fit While Staying Inside
Whether you stay indoors and knock out a few squats and bicep curls, or take to the walking trails around Kendal’s campus, you’re doing something priceless for yourself.
Learn More