Vista Village offers seniors multiple levels of support with features that include:

• Fully wheelchair-accessible
• Common areas include TV and activity rooms, lounges, dining room, private family dining room and laundry room
• Outdoor areas include a landscaped courtyard

Vista Village’s Designated Supportive Living program offers a unique alternative for people requiring care. Residents direct their own lifestyle preferences and personal care services. Caring compassionate staff assist residents on a 24-hour seven days a week basis. LPNs, supportive living workers, food services, therapy services and community care nurses work together with the residents to help them decide the best choices.

Each studio suite is approximately 400 square feet, has a locking door, combination living/sleeping area, a kitchenette, and a three-piece bathroom with wheelchair accessible shower. There are also 4 one-bedroom suites for couples. Residents provide their own furnishings. The common areas are decorated to make them home-like and inviting.

There are also two 10-bed dementia care cottages attached to the main building. With a unique duplex design, the cottages create a home-like setting for up to 10 clients with dementia. Each half of the duplex has 5 bedrooms, a living room with fireplace, kitchen, and secure access to a fenced yard. Clients furnish their own rooms, making them feel more at home by surrounding themselves with items that are familiar to them. Clients are included in the events of daily living to the extent that they are accustomed and able.

The care component of the dementia care program is based more on a social rather than a medical model of care. Personal autonomy and competencies are emphasized. Residents can participate in daily activities associated with a home-like environment. These kinds of opportunities are difficult, if not impossible, to offer in large care centres.