wellTogether Brochure

wellTogether is currently accepting applications for the Diabetes and Heart Health pathways.

Visit this link and enter your information and your referring physician’s name to be recommended for the best wellTogether pathway for you. Dr. Trevor Hicks, Director of the wellTogether initiative, will be in touch via your preferred method of communication to schedule an information session at the Center for Health & Wellbeing.

wellTogether is a community health initiative of the Winter Park Health Foundation. Delivered at the Center for Health & Wellbeing owned in partnership with AdventHealth in Winter Park, wellTogether collaborates with these Pillar partners:

Fitness: Crosby Wellness Center’s MyFitRx Program

Behavior Change: Jill Hamilton Buss, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Click Here to be Referred to wellTogether

Transform your health

Nutrition: AdventHealth Center for Nutritional Excellence and Diabetes Institute

WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM

focused on Fitness, Behavior Change and Nutrition.

Begin your path to sustainable, long-term health improvement today.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing is a partnership between the Winter Park Health Foundation and AdventHealth.

about the program

What is wellTogether? wellTogether is a wellbeing program designed for people who are at-risk for or managing diabetes or cardiovascular conditions. wellTogether offers a clinically integrated approach to sustainable, long-term health improvement through a focus on three Pillars: Fitness, Behavior Change, and Nutrition. Collaborating with experts in each Pillar to provide a personalized and supportive experience, wellTogether includes pre- and postprogram assessments. A report is shared with referring clinicians for a holistic perspective on participants’ health transformations and for coordination of follow-up care.

Who is wellTogether for? wellTogether currently offers pathways focused on Diabetes and Heart Health.

DIABETES: For patients at-risk for or managing Prediabetes or Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes.

What is the time commitment for wellTogether?

Participants are placed into ten-person groups who advance through the eight-week program together. These groups meet three or four times per week at the Center for Health & Wellbeing in Winter Park for group activities in the Fitness, Behavior Change, and Nutrition Pillars.

How Much Does wellTogether Cost?

The wellTogether program is offered at an all-inclusive cost of $249 to each participant.

Who created wellTogether? wellTogether is a community health initiative of the Winter Park Health Foundation and is delivered at the Center for Health & Wellbeing.

A revolutionary concept in whole-person health, the Center for Health & Wellbeing is co-owned by the Winter Park Health Foundation and AdventHealth.

Founded in 1994, the Winter Park Health Foundation is a nationally recognized leader in funding, developing, and implementing innovative programs that improve quality of life and individual and community health.

HEART HEALTH: For patients at-risk for or managing a cardiovascular condition.

wellTogether’s Pillars of Getting Healthy & Living Well

Fitness

Exercise is medicine.

In group workout and fitness education sessions provided by experts at the Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing, wellTogether participants improve their levels of physical ability over the eightweek program with a focus on pathwayspecific metrics like reductions in BMI and blood pressure, and improvements in flexibility and muscular endurance.

Behavior Change Change starts with the brain.

wellTogether uses the framework of KickStart 30, an effective, evidence-based 30-day program designed to inspire behavior change in the pursuit of health and happiness.

Guided by Licensed Mental Health Counselor Jill Hamilton Buss, wellTogether participants use the foundation of Kickstart 30 tailored to their specific pathway to build healthy habits that last.

Nutrition

Eat well, feel well.

Nutrition education classes taught by experts from AdventHealth’s Center for Nutritional Excellence and Diabetes Institute empower wellTogether participants with the knowledge they need to make healthier food choices. These classes are paired with an in-the-kitchen workshop that teaches handson techniques for cooking new and healthy recipes in a fun and engaging environment.