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.
Clinical Evidence
FOUNDATION
The evidence behind memory skills training
One in 25 people 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.
Original group-based program
MEMORehab is based on the the face-to-face program, ‘Making the Most of Your Memory’ (Radford et al. 2010), which has been shown to improve everyday memory in patients with neurological disorders, even years after onset. As a result of the program, patients report using more strategies to support their memory, met their memory related goals, and improved their learning ability.
Publications from the research conducted using this program are listed below.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Feasibility, Engagement and Outcome
MEMORehab has completed several rounds of user testing, a pilot study and an evaluation of engagement with our online memory rehabilitation program. In addition, a Phase I trial by colleagues in universities and hospitals in NSW and Victoria has looked at its feasibility, satisfaction and outcome. These studies formed the basis for several peer-reviewed presentations at the 2024 Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference.
We are currently engaged in research projects to explore the effectiveness of our novel computer-based exercises in neurological and mental health patients. Our MEMOResearch program has enabled several clinicians to win research grants and embark on studies in their own hospital setting.
In future, harnessing the data from the digital tools provided by MEMORehab and MEMOResearch will allow for the further tailoring of evidence-based intervention.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic research supporting this intervention
Kylie Radford, Suncica Lah, Zoë Thayer, Laurie A Miller (2011)
Laurie A Miller, Kylie Radford (2014)
Toni D Withiel, Vanessa L Sharp, Dana Wong, Jennie L Ponsford, Narelle Warren, Renerus J Stolwyk (2018)
Toni D Withiel, Dana Wong, Jennie L Ponsford, Dominique A Cadilhac, Peter New, Tijana Mihaljcic, Renerus J Stolwyk (2019)
Dana Wong, Clare Kempnich, Jennifer Bradshaw, Sandy Grayson, Leasha Lillywhite, Marie O'Shea, Joosup Kim, Renerus Stolwyk, Dominique A Cadilhac (2020)
Toni D Withiel, Renerus J Stolwyk, Jennie L Ponsford, Dominique A Cadilhac, Dana Wong (2020)