Healthy Aging

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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Shedding Light on Sundowners Syndrome

Daylight savings time began this month, allowing most of the United States and other parts of the world one more merciful hour of sunlight each day. This is good news…

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Birds-eye rendering of Enso Village

Enso Village Breaks Reservation Record Despite Pandemic Restrictions

Feb. 26, 2021—After 8 ½ weeks on the market, Enso Village would come out at 70% reserved, a record during normal times — an astounding feat for a greenfield project during a pandemic when senior communities were seen by some as dangerous places to call home. Today, Enso Village sits at 96% reserved.

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Designing Your Best Day

Creating a Supportive Daily Routine This three part health and wellness series was held January 21, February 4, and February 18, 2021. It was intentionally designed to help participants work…

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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…

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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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COVID-19 vaccine stopping domino effect.

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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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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