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.
Wellness Works
One large component of VIVA! at Victory Centre of River Oaks is health and wellness programming for both the mind and body.
Chair Chi and Yoga
Victory Centre of River Oaks 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 benefits include balance, flexibility, range of motion, strength, energy, pain relief, stress reduction and peace of mind. Some residents are getting these very same benefits by practicing traditional and modified yoga, which is led by a resident who has been trained in the ancient art.
VIVA! Plus
Partnering with the best, VIVA! Plus provides truly integrated, patient-centered care
Pathway’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
Physicians, pharmacists, home health nurses, physical and rehabilitation therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and hospice specialists all serve as an extension of the Pathway 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.
A link to better living
VIVA! Plus helped one new 74-year old resident get back on her feet when she transferred to Victory Centre of River Oaks from an out-of-state rehabilitation center. She was wheel-chair bound and had poor vision and hearing when she moved to Victory Centre of River Oaks. Her family had their hands full relocating her and had little time to find specialists and bring her to appointments until she came to Victory Centre
Victory Centre staff quickly linked the resident with their preferred partner for occupational and physical therapy. Within just a few months, she began using a rolling walker and working toward walking with a cane. On site at Victory Centre, she also visited Pathway’s partner ophthalmologist who prescribed eye glasses and Pathway’s partner audiologist who gave her a hearing aid. Now she is happier, more social and living safer with her improved mobility, eye sight and hearing.
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 and so the number of falls and injuries from falls.