ITHACA, N.Y. — The on-premise laundry at Kendal at Ithaca, a continuing care retirement community in the central Finger Lakes region of New York, is not unlike many on-premise laundries (OPL) operating today.
Using three washer-extractors (two 90-pound models and one 55-pounder), a commercial top loader and three dryers (120 pounds each), Vicki Elliott’s staff of two FTEs and one part-timer run an 8-hour shift six days a week in processing 275,000 pounds of linen annually for Kendal’s 350 residents.
