Clinical Evidence
One in 25 Australians will experience a memory impairment as a result of a neurological disorder such as stroke, epilepsy, head injury, autoimmune disease, brain tumour or infection. Memory rehabilitation has the ability to improve functioning in many of these non-dementia conditions. One manualised, group-based program, ‘Making the Most of Your Memory’ (Radford et al. 2010), has been shown to improve everyday memory in these types of patients even years after the onset of their disorder. As a result of the program, patients were able to increase the number of memory strategies used in their daily lives, meet their memory related goals, and expand their anterograde memory capacity.
Clinical Evidence
One in 25 Australians will experience a memory impairment as a result of a neurological disorder such as stroke, epilepsy, head injury, autoimmune disease, brain tumour or infection. Memory rehabilitation has the ability to improve functioning in many of these non-dementia conditions. One manualised, group-based program, ‘Making the Most of Your Memory’ (Radford et al. 2010), has been shown to improve everyday memory in these types of patients even years after the onset of their disorder. As a result of the program, patients were able to increase the number of memory strategies used in their daily lives, meet their memory related goals, and expand their anterograde memory capacity.
Clinical Evidence
One in 25 Australians will experience a memory impairment as a result of a neurological disorder such as stroke, epilepsy, head injury, autoimmune disease, brain tumour or infection. Memory rehabilitation has the ability to improve functioning in many of these non-dementia conditions. One manualised, group-based program, ‘Making the Most of Your Memory’ (Radford et al. 2010), has been shown to improve everyday memory in these types of patients even years after the onset of their disorder. As a result of the program, patients were able to increase the number of memory strategies used in their daily lives, meet their memory related goals, and expand their anterograde memory capacity.
Clinical Evidence
One in 25 Australians will experience a memory impairment as a result of a neurological disorder such as stroke, epilepsy, head injury, autoimmune disease, brain tumour or infection. Memory rehabilitation has the ability to improve functioning in many of these non-dementia conditions. One manualised, group-based program, ‘Making the Most of Your Memory’ (Radford et al. 2010), has been shown to improve everyday memory in these types of patients even years after the onset of their disorder. As a result of the program, patients were able to increase the number of memory strategies used in their daily lives, meet their memory related goals, and expand their anterograde memory capacity.
About Us
MEMO is an interactive telehealth platform based on the making the Most of Your Memory program. In this program, the clinicians would run face to face sessions with patient groups to equip them with memory strategies. As a result of the program, patients were able to meet their memory related goals, expand their memory capacity and live a more independent and confident life.
Due to the recent pandemic, clinicians and patients are restricted from holding face-to-face meetings and many clinicians are now running rehabilitation programs online using video conferencing software (i.e., telehealth) which have proven to be just as effective as their face-to-face counterparts. While successful, many Telehealth interventions do not take advantage of the full gamut of digital tools available to supplement rehabilitation. In the digital age, we can do better!
Our company aims to develop an online memory rehabilitation platform, called MEMO (Making Everyday Memory Optimal), to benefit patients and clinicians. This program will provide a dedicated video-conferencing platform for supported, weekly group-based interactions, pre-session educational videos as well as engaging, strategy centred exercises with feedback to enhance improvements in everyday memory. Through collaboration with patients and clinicians, our aim is to redesign what rehabilitation looks like and use technology to bring memory rehabilitation into the digital age.
We are developing an interactive online platform for clinicians to deliver a group-based memory rehabilitation program.
Need for Memory Rehabilitation
Memory is critical to our sense of self, our ability to learn new things and to remember previously acquired skills. It’s also the basis on which we socialise, make decisions and plan for the future. When memory fails, we miss appointments, forget our promises and struggle to work and live independently. Unfortunately, many neurological disorders affect memory and lead to a noticeable loss of everyday function. Even years after an acquired brain injury, structured rehabilitation that involves education, the acquisition of new strategies and practice can improve one’s memory. These improvements help to improve self-confidence and the ability to carry out work and everyday household activities.
We are creating a unique online tool, MEMO (Making Everyday Memory Optimal), from a well-established, face-to-face memory-training program.
Why MEMO?
This online memory rehabilitation platform will support participants and clinicians in the following ways:
Remote Access
Participants need not worry about travelling to a clinician or centre for the training. Access anytime, anywhere
Training Modules
Newly designed self-paced memory exercises, videos and associated quizzes to reinforce learning will be provided.
Performance Feedback
Consistent feedback from exercises and clinicians will help participants understand areas for improvement and enhance memory skills.
Peer Support
Group rehabilitation allows participants to relate to others facing similar challenges and to learn from each other.
Tools
A research-based educational program with strategy exercises that provide feedback and the ability to monitor and respond to each participant’s progress.
Easy Management
Manage multiple users for individualised and group-based sessions easily using your laptop or phone.
Cloud Rehab Centres
With this online platform, there is no need to find a meeting room. Work from the comfort of your home or office.
Cost Effective
A cost- and time-saving solution for clinicians to run memory rehabilitation programs in a simple and supported way.
MEMO DEMO
What We Offer
Video Conferencing
Live group sessions allowing participant to receive rehabilitation from healthcare experts.
Education material
Content related to how the brain works, lifestyle habits and issues that affect memory as well as memory-improvement strategies.
Memory Exercises
Self-paced practice of strategies in a variety of real-world scenarios with feedback on progress provided.
User Statistics
Ability for clinician to monitor individual and group’s progress to tailor sessions according to the requirements of the participant.
Reminders
Prompts to attend sessions as well as notifications aimed at helping the participant develop good learning/memory habits.
Testimonials
The original group-based memory training program
"This course is an excellent tool for clinicians wanting to include neuropsychological intervention in their participant care plan. It covers a variety of topics, including compensatory memory strategies, exercise, and sleep, and is founded on evidence-based principles. I thoroughly enjoyed administering this course to participants recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury and epilepsy. The practical applications provided at the end of the lessons were genuinely useful for participants. I feel that providing this course online is an exciting step forward and represents a new frontier in neuropsychological intervention.
David Foxe
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney.
"I’ve found the Making the Most of Your Memory Program to be a very useful tool in rehabilitation. It is structured, easy to follow and requires minimal material to execute. The detailed session by session plan with a combination of psycho education, in-session activities and homework makes for a very user-friendly approach to neuropsychological rehabilitation.
Dr Deepa Bapat
Clinical Neuropsychologist,Bajaj Allianz Centre for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India
"(The original Making the Most of your Memory Training Program, on which MEMO is based) …has got quite a few things about lifestyle and mindfulness; I think that's really important. It’s got a lot about general brain health and memory, that is my kind of thing. It’s got different kinds of strategies as well. And then at the end, clients can take what they want from it. It gives them a bit of a toolkit to see what they like or what works for them.
Dr Cara Wong
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Byron Bay
"The Making the Most of Your Memory training program is very engaging and easy to use.
Dr Ilana Hepner
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Private Practice, Sydney
"While I feel that my memory is getting stronger anyway, this course has helped to inspire and strengthen my resolve to make it 100% operational along with some interesting information on how the brain functions and how to improve this.
Anonymous
Patient
"I feel that I am now more alert and aware of my memory and am thinking ahead to make sure everything has been planned/done, completed and I feel more responsible.
Anonymous
Patient
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