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
Health Chats
Health care professionals from Wellness Health Partners give regular "Health Chats" on a variety of health and wellness topics. Victory Centre of Sierra Ridge residents say that the talks inspire better eating, more physical activity and less stressful living.
Therapy Dog Visits
The friendly, gentle canines bring joy and good health to Victory Centre of Sierra Ridge residents. Residents, many of whom can no longer care for pets themselves, enjoy the loving attention the therapy dogs provide. Research and experience show that interacting with the animals has physical, mental and emotional benefits.
Chair Chi
Victory Centre of Sierra Ridge offers a popular Chair Chi program, a gentle exercise to help people who cannot stand or have balance issues receive the many benefits of traditional Tai Chi, which include balance, flexibility, range of motion, strength, energy, pain relief, stress reduction and peace of mind.
Music Therapy
A resident-led music therapy program uses the many facets of music to improve Victory Centre residents' overall health and wellbeing. Singings, playing an instrument, listening to music, moving to music and discussing music all have the power to actively engage and lift one's spirits. Studies show that the healing affects of music can help people manage stress, reduce pain, enhance memory, improve communication, encourage emotional expression and further physical rehabilitation.
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 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 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.
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.