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.
About Us
OUR STORY
The MEMORehab journey
MEMORehab is an interactive telehealth platform based on the 'Making the Most of Your Memory Program'. In that original program, the clinicians would run face to face sessions with participant groups to equip them with memory strategies. As a result of the program, participants were able to meet their memory related goals, expand their memory capacity and experience more independent and confident lives.
Due to the recent pandemic, clinicians and patients are restricted from holding face-to-face meetings and some clinicians are now successfully running rehabilitation programs online using video-conferencing software. To date, however, these interventions have not taken advantage of the full gamut of digital tools available to supplement rehabilitation. In the digital age, we can do better!
Our company has developed an online memory training platform, called MEMORehab, to benefit both participants and clinicians. This program provides a dedicated video-conferencing platform for supported, weekly interactions, pre-session educational videos as well as homework tasks for generalisation and engaging, strategy centred exercises with feedback for out-of-session practice. Through collaboration with patients and clinicians, our aim is to redesign cognitive intervention and use technology to bring memory rehabilitation into the digital age.
OUR TEAM
Meet our MEMORehab team
Laurie Miller
Co-Founder, Neuropsychologist, Content Development Officer
Laurie is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. She worked as a Clinical Neuropsychologist in Canada and at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She was one of the creators of the 'Making the Most of Your Memory' program.
Kyle Cortesi
Co-Founder, Director/Strategist, Chief Executive Officer
Kyle has a background in psychology and product design. He has also taught several subjects at a university level, including statistics, cognition, and neuroanatomy. Additionally, he has spent several years as a fitness coach, training individuals in setting exercise and diet related goals.
Pranshu Midha
Co-Founder, Software Engineer, Chief Technology Officer
Pranshu is a Computer Science graduate and he is currently pursuing Interaction Design Masters from UTS. He has worked with various startups as a web developer and a product designer. Pranshu has a keen interest in UX Design and playing a key role in MEMORehab's R&D