The Dementia Lifestyle Intervention for Getting Healthy Together (DELIGHT) program promotes health and well-being for people living with dementia and care partners through exercise, healthy eating, and strategies to live well.
If you would like to learn more about DELIGHT, please visit the Brain and Body Laboratory website (click here to visit).
If you are looking to participate in the DELIGHT program, please visit The YMCA of Three Rivers website (click here to visit).
Below you can find the healthy factsheets used within the DELIGHT program.
Table of Contents
Physical Activity
Healthy Factsheets:
Getting Started with Exercise
This healthy tip sheet discusses preparing for your first exercise session, what to expect when you start, and how to recover after exercise.
Benefits of Physical Activity
This healthy tip sheet discusses the physical, mental, emotional, and social benefits of exercise.
Physical Activity Recommendations
This healthy tip sheet discusses aerobic, strength, and balance exercises.
Physical Activity and Brain Health
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of exercise for thinking activities and the brain.
Building Physical Activity into Daily Life
This healthy tip sheet discusses finding activities that you enjoy, breaking up physical activity sessions, and choosing active ways to get around.
Physical Activity, Arthritis, and Pain
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of physical activity for arthritis, adaptations, and strategies to manage pain.
Mind-Body Exercise
This healthy tip sheet defines mind-body exercise, describes the benefits, and discusses how to take up mind-body exercises.
Getting Active Outdoors
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of outdoor physical activity, ways to be physically active outdoors, and safety tips.
Physical Activity and Chronic Conditions
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of physical activity for chronic health conditions, and how to be active with a chronic health condition.
Easy At-Home Exercise
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of at-home exercise, safety tips, and using household items while being active.
Healthy Eating
Healthy Factsheets:
Healthy Diet Basics
This healthy tip sheet discusses cooking tips, and foods to include and limit.
Hydration
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of hydration, tips to stay hydrated, and foods that are high in water content.
Appetite
This healthy tip sheet discusses some causes of poor appetite, weight loss, and tips to increase weight.
Maintaining Weight
This healthy tip sheet discusses how to maintain a healthy weight and tips for weight monitoring.
Protein
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of protein, recommendations for protein intake, and tips to eat more protein.
Plant Proteins
This healthy tip sheet discusses plant and animal proteins, the benefits of plant proteins, and examples of high-quality plant proteins.
Increasing Vegetable Intake
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of vegetables, how to store vegetables, and tips to eat more vegetables.
Leafy Greens
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of leafy greens, types of leafy greens, and ways to cook and eat leafy greens.
Berries
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of berries, antioxidants, and tips to eat more berries.
Healthy Nuts
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of nuts, and tips to eat more nuts.
Olive Oil
This healthy tip sheet discusses types of olive oil, benefits of olive oil, and tips to eat more olive oil.
Fish
This healthy tip sheet discusses the benefits of fish and omega-3 fatty acids, and cooking tips.
Additional Healthy Eating Topics
This resource discusses other topics related to healthy eating, including the importance of nutrition, mealtime challenges and strategies, dining out, and more.
Sleep
Healthy Factsheets:
Daily Habits for Better Sleep
This healthy tip sheet discusses what sleep hygiene is, how to create a night time routine, and activities to engage in during the day to promote sleep.
Changes to Sleep with Dementia
This healthy tip sheet discusses how dementia affects sleep, and the changes to sleep that people living with dementia and care partners may experience.
Strategies for Managing Night Time Wakefulness
This healthy tip sheet discusses wakefulness in dementia, ways to manage wakefulness, and how to promote sleep.
Mental Well-Being
Healthy Factsheets:
Supporting Mental and Emotional Well-Being
This healthy tip sheet discusses how to support your mental and emotional well-being.
Supports for Mental and Emotional Well-Being
This healthy tip sheet discusses who to contact if you need help and examples of supports and services that are available.
Mental and Emotional Well-Being for Care Partners
This healthy tip sheet discusses how you can support your mental and emotional well-being as a care partner.
Social Engagement
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Healthy Factsheets:
Benefits of Social Connection
This healthy tip sheet discusses what social connection means and the benefits of social connection.
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Social Connection, Isolation, and Lonliness
This healthy tip sheet discusses social isolation, loneliness, and their affects on health.
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Staying Socially Active
This healthy tip sheet discusses ways to be socially active, including how to be connected with others even when you are apart and how to participate in the community.
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