If we think about what is the current therapy for dementia and MCI, well, always if I go to Congress, there’s always the remark, and pharmaceutical treatments are on the way or are there, but it should always be non-pharmacological treatment first. And studies like FINGER or now Maintain Your Brain have shown that there is an effective therapy element if you treat people by combining cognitive training with sports, with psychoeducation elements regarding comorbidities, regarding nutrition, regarding social interaction, and much more...
If we think about what is the current therapy for dementia and MCI, well, always if I go to Congress, there’s always the remark, and pharmaceutical treatments are on the way or are there, but it should always be non-pharmacological treatment first. And studies like FINGER or now Maintain Your Brain have shown that there is an effective therapy element if you treat people by combining cognitive training with sports, with psychoeducation elements regarding comorbidities, regarding nutrition, regarding social interaction, and much more. And how to bring that to the patient is difficult because, of course, there are occupational therapists, there are physiotherapists, there are dementia therapists, but it’s not scalable, right? It’s a one-on-one interaction, and to bring it to a big number of patients, and there is a big number of patients with MCI and dementia, you need to do it scalably. And scalable means digitalized, and that’s what memodio is. It’s a digitalized therapy combining cognitive training, body training, psychoeducation in one app. And it’s a medical product, so it’s certified, and a lot of security concerns went into this app and into the design of the app.
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