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Demystifying Medicare: A Guide to the ABC’s (and D)

Medicare is certainly complicated! This post explores Lisa Holloway's presentation on the matter.

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Medicare in a Senior Care Setting and What to Expect

Understanding how Medicare works and what it does and does not cover is not easy. It’s a complicated, often subjective system with myriad conditions, stipulations, and no one-size-fits-all situations. “Medicare…

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How Can I Keep Mom and Dad at Home?

Many wish to keep mom and dad at home, but is at home care the only option? We explore everything from family support to making your home more accessable.

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The two HorseAbility mini-therapy horses with residents.

Miniature Therapy Horses Visit Kendal on Hudson Residents

April 28, 2021—Two mini-therapy horses spent the morning with memory care and skilled nursing care residents in Kendal on Hudson’s Sunnyside Garden and with independent and assisted living residents on a terrace overlooking the Hudson River.

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Two of the scores of Kendal at Ithaca staff who have received COVID-19 vaccinations.

Kendal at Ithaca Vaccinates Over 500 Residents, Staff

Feb. 4, 2021—With roughly 80% of staff and effectively 100% of residents vaccinated, plans are underway to begin a gradual reopening of the community.

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Kendal on Hudson resident Fran Kelly smiles behind her mask after getting vaccinated.

Kendal on Hudson Residents, Staff Get COVID-19 Vaccinations

Jan. 21, 2021—CVS pharmacists inoculated 263 Kendal on Hudson residents with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 19 and 20.

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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,”…

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"I Did Not Throw Away My SHOT!"

Barclay Friends Residents, Staff Vaccinated to the Strains of Hamilton The movie version of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” was playing all day long Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Barclay Friends…

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Quinn Barbee, Facility Services, was the first of 110 staff slated for inoculations Dec. 31.

Video Highlights Reasons Kendal at Oberlin Staff Got Vaccinated

Dec. 31, 2020—Quinn Barbee, Facility Services, was the first of 110 staff slated for inoculations Dec. 31. In addition, more than 50 other staff already are signed up for vaccinations Jan. 21, and that number is expected to grow rapidly.

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