Health and Wellness Programming
VIVA!
An enthusiastic celebration of life!
Pathway’s signature, award-winning VIVA! lifestyle fosters purpose and offers a whole new way of aging healthfully and happily. VIVA! offers a wealth of opportunities to enrich lives through social, educational and spiritual pursuits, as well as the chance for people to share their skills, talents and passions with others through resident-led activities.
One large component of VIVA! at Victory Centre of Joliet’s community is health and wellness programming for both the mind and body.
Walking Club
Residents enjoy lovely Sunday morning guided walks around Victory Centre of Joliet’s community and head outdoors in good weather. Walkers get to socialize while enjoying the physical and mental benefits of brisk exercise and fresh air.
Yoga Spreads Happiness
Some residents at Victory Centre of Joliet choose to get fit and have fun with a new twist on yoga called VIVA! Laughter Yoga. A certified Laughter Yoga instructor leads the group through a workout that combines the breath work of yoga with the healthy healing of laughter. Benefits include a good mood, heart protection, better immunity, emotional connection and a positive attitude. Its popularity is spreading at Joliet faster than a case of the giggles!
Chair Chi
Victory Centre of Joliet offers a popular Chair Chi program, a gentle exercise to help people who cannot stand or have balance issues receive the benefits of traditional Tai Chi. The many positive outcomes include improved balance, flexibility, range of motion, strength, energy, pain relief, stress reduction and peace of mind.
Health Chats
Health care professionals from Wellness Health Partners and Joliet’s own dietician give regular “Health Chats” on a variety of health and wellness topics. Residents say that the talks inspire better eating, more physical activity and less stressful living.
VIVA! Plus
Partnering with the best, VIVA! Plus provides truly integrated, patient-centered care
Victory Centre of Joliet’s VIVA! Plus program brings together an impressive group of third-party healthcare partners to give residents access to high-quality, coordinated medical and behavioral care options—all conveniently delivered in the privacy and comfort of residents’ own homes.
Takes VIVA! and healthy living one step further helping residents live well and recover more quickly
Physicians, pharmacists, home health nurses, physical and rehabilitation therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and hospice specialists all serve as an extension of the Victory Centre team. All providers are carefully selected for quality, share Pathway’s holistic VIVA! philosophy and work together to provide coordinated, seamless care. VIVA! Plus helps residents live well and recover more quickly when not well.
Your daily dose of confidence
For example, Victory Centre residents and families can take comfort in knowing that Pathway’s VIVA! Plus preferred medication management partner offers industry-leading accuracy rates and inspects all medication orders for contra-indications, interactions, duplications, toxicity, safety and efficacy.
Distributing and taking medications is made easy and convenient. Victory Centre resident’s medications arrive in specialty OnePAC pouches that are segmented for each resident by day and time of day and clearly labeled. This means that nursing staff can spend less time worrying about dispensing medications and more time caring for residents. Plus, residents can take their medications with confidence and a sense of independence.
Better care means better outcomes
Not only is accessing care providers made simple, but the VIVA! Plus team results are outstanding. Working with our trusted healthcare partners, Pathway has reduced hospital 30-day readmissions by one third. Overall hospital admissions for Pathway residents are on the decline as well as are the number of falls and injuries from falls.
The VIVA! Plus team of health professionals and the community’s specialty programs help keep all on the path to wellbeing, so residents can live as fully, healthfully and happily as possible throughout their life at Victory Centre of Joliet.