UMACE - UNIVERSAL MEMORY AND COGNITIVE EXAM

UMACE-VIP - UNIVERSAL MEMORY AND COGNITIVE EXAM- VISUALLY IMPAIRED

UMACE: Memory and Cognitive screening tool for all neurology deficit, pre-post epileptic surgery, Post-TBI neuropsychiatric evaluation assessment (Suitable for ages 18 years + and some subtests useful for ages 15 years + Global population except Visually Impaired and IQ below 70).

UMACE-VIP: Memory and Cognitive screening tool for Visually impaired, all neurology deficit, for all ages 2.6 yrs + and pre-post epileptic surgery, Post-TBI neuropsychiatric evaluation.

Research work using UMACE-VIP

In 2015, a group of 25 (ages 18 years and above) visually impaired adult populations has been tested (National Association for Blind, Nasik div.) with UMACEVIP tool and the results are satisfactory. Further research work is in progress for the sample below 18 years. In the clinical settings the UMACEVIP tool proves to be useful for understanding memory and cognitive impairments in the Indian Army population posted at high altitude battle zones such as Siachen Glacier, above 6500 meters. There is documentation that the extreme weather conditions with low temperature below 50 degrees Celsius causes neurobiological complications in otherwise healthy population (Usui et al., 2004, Shiota et, al., 1990, Javier et al., 2006).

Still there is lack of study regarding impaired function at high altitudes with evidence of indicating motor, perceptual and behavioural deficits in adults (Javier et al., 2006). Research work for Army population with the UMACEVIP will be carried out in future to understand the audio olfactory visual and spatial impairment developed in a short time duration of deployment at high altitude.

In 2016, UMACE & UMACE-VIP, screening tests published and used at >11 Dist. Civil hospital Memory clinics, Maharashtra State, training is available for both tests (includes material & Technical manual)

In 2019, Special edition of UMACE Neurological case studies available for purchase. *UMACE test is standardized with International Research funding award from Capacity Australia, Sydney (2015), presented paper at and presentation is published by Alzheimer-Europe (2016) and full paper is published on the following link

http://www.ijhsr.org/archive_ijhsr_vol.8_issue5.html

35. The Development of a New Screening Tool for Cognitive Impairment in India: The Universal Memory and Cognitive Exam (UMACE).Kardile, Mangal S; Luscombe, Georgina M; Peisah, Carmelle

Paper published and tool standardization as follows:

• 11th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation IFNRCON 2023-E-Poster presentation -Post-epilepsy surgery Neuropsychiatric evaluation with UMACE-VIP for Visually impaired-A Case study at Mental Health Aims, Nashik, India",14-16th April 2023
• Kardile, Mangal S,Luscombe, Georgina M, Peisah, Carmelle (2018), http://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.8_Issue.5_May2018/35.pdf, ISSN: 2249-9571
• 4th international conference on Vascular Dementia June 30-July 02, 2016 Mangal Kardile, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2016, 6:3(Suppl), http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0460.C1.019
• "The 26th Annual Conference of Alzheimer Europe", Copenhagen, Denmark from 31 Oct.–2 Nov.,2016

http://alzheimer-europe.org/Media/Files/7.-Conferences/2016-Copenhagen/P4.2-KARDILE-Mangal
• International Psychogeriatric Association International Meeting, Cairns, Australia,7-11 September, 2012

Note: Please inquire about pricing for the total kit by email: info.mentalhealthaims@gmail.com

Memory & Cognitive exercises for all ages

“BrainNext” brain exercises tools are designed to create, enhance and supply sensory nourishment for the weak neurons, based on "Synaptic plasticity" concept. Total 18 sets, 500+ brain exercises (> 450 neurology research, and application for > 6000 populations, children to elderly, with varied neurological conditions).

Introduction

The “BrainNext” cognitive exercises kit has been developed looking at the enormous need of the neurologically disabled global population. Current research in the neurological population indicates exponential increment in the number of neurologically disabled population around the world.

Rehabilitation programs for the disabled have progressively been designed in developed countries while simultaneously developing supportive mechanism for the inclusion of the disabled in the main stream of society. On the contrary, many developing nation’s governments have not been able to develop supportive mechanism for their disabled population. Hence the caregiver has to consume time, money and energy besides balancing his/her personal life, career and other responsibilities. There are scarce resources available in most of the nations, regarding the number of skilled people, good clinical help, availability of better and affordable clinical treatments and rehabilitation facilities. Disabilities occurred due to neurological reasons need long term rehabilitation for memory retrieval and for developing cognitive skills required for better life skill support.

The “BrainNext” exercises kit is very helpful for children suffering from various developmental disorders, giving broad spectrum cognitive rehabilitation training. Simultaneously it is very useful for the adolescent, adult and elderly population suffering from numerous neurological disorders providing the means of recovering memory and cognitive skills. “BrainNext” exercises kit is suitable for normal children to understand their age‐specific developments and to notice any subtle changes in their cognitive development in early childhood. This kit facilitates the marking of cognitive deficit early among normal children below the age of 6 years and for taking corrective measures at the right time (>4500 Normal children assessed and supported)

Varied neurological deficit populations such as – all Dementia profiles, Alzheimer’s, Post-stroke, Parkinson’s, Traumatic brain injury, Rare-brain disorders, Epilepsy, Migraine, Substance-abuse, Post suicide-attempt brain deficit, developmental issues in children- Autism spectrum, ADHD, Learning disabilities, etc. have been successfully given support with “BrainNext”. Mild to Severe deficit is supported with “BrainNext” rehab program and these brains have gained sustained memory recall and cognitive improvement, creating own capacity, with improved quality of life and reducing burden on the caregiver.

One-hour individual rehab sessions started ONLINE & OFFLINE, help for even faster recovery, successful ONLINE rehab model developed during Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2022, 1st ever book on successful cognitive rehab on “BrainNext” case studies – Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, India is published and available for purchasing.

Note: Please inquire about pricing for each item by email: info.mentalhealthaims@gmail.com

“NeuroCog”: Cognitive screening tool- For post Covid-19 infection, applies from 2.6 years to elderly, developed in June 2020, currently used at private & Govt. Civil hospitals, & research for post-grad students at private Universities. The test can be taken ONLINE & OFFLINE. More than 140 Dist. Civil hospital professionals, Private hospital staff & Post-Grad students have given FREE training for “NeuroCog”.

There is clinical & research evidence of neurological deficit for Post-covid populations, those needed oxygen support and ventilator support during Coronavirus infection have suffered the most. Many of them started exhibiting memory and cognitive decline within few months after the infection.

Daroische R.,Hemminghyth M S.,Eilertsen T H., Breitve M H., Chwiszczuk L J.- Cognitive Impairment After COVID-19—A Review on Objective Test Data, Front Neurol. 2021; 12: 699582.,doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.699582.

Ceban F., Ling S.,et. al.,Fatigue and cognitive impairment in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis,-Brain Behav Immun. 2022 Mar; 101: 93–135, doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.12.020 .

Research: Technology, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Neuropsychology, Medical Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation, Mental Health Law & Human Rights 2000

Projects (Clinical, Forensic and de-addiction)

• Post-Survey of >15000, FREE services started -Post-Covid population support, assessment with NeuroCog, UMACE for Dementia and other brain deficit populations and cognitive rehab with “BrainNext”, and other mental health support continues for the Rural and Tribal area in Peth, Dindori, Nashik dist. Feb. 2023 by our NGO – DRMK Memory Foundation
• Post-Covid population survey for >15,000 in & around Nashik dist. schools, and survey for understanding it's impact on Online education, March 2022
• 10 Days training -“NeuroCog” memory and cognitive screening for Post-Covid-19, UMACE screening test and “BrainNext” cognitive rehab, for Dist. Civil Hospitals, staff >125 under National Mental Health Program-2021
• One-day workshops for Professionals in Pune - Basic understanding of memory and cognitive tasks with “BrainNext” tools., 2019
• One-day workshops for Normal schools in Sinner and Peth (Nashik dist.) supported by AIWC (All India Women Conference, New Delhi) assessing > 2500 students for varied 20 memory and cognitive tasks with “BrainNext” tools. 2018-19
• Neurorehabilitation for Capacity building – Training projects for Special schools, special children> 1500 and special teachers - District Court Legal Authority Services, Pune, 2018-19
• Neuro-cognitive rehabilitation, research & design based on >450 Neurological disorder groups ages 1 year to elderly, between 2010 to 2014 (Development of “BrainNext” 500+ Memory and Cognitive exercises (Copyright 2016)
• Development of a Memory and Cognitive screening tool, “UMACE”, study of >205 different Neurology disorder groups 18 years +, and normal population >125 (International research funding award Capacity Australia, 2015, Copyright 2019)
• Dementia Awareness raising lecture series program on the occasion of Kumbh-Mela” for Nasik Police, 2015, (16 lecture series covering all city Police staff >4500 to address the lost and abandoned elderly)
• Comparative study of Stress and Personality Traits, De-addiction center, Nasik, 2012, at Private de-addiction center and AA groups
• Understanding International laws, National laws and human rights with respect to the forensic psychiatric population- Assessment of Central Jails in Maharashtra State (WHO Geneva and ILS Law College, Pune), 2011-12

Research paper Presentation & Publications

• 11th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation IFNRCON 2023-Cognitive rehabilitation workshop -Presented severe epilepsy case study treated and observed at Epilepsy Foundation, Mumbai, having moderate to severe cognitive deficit and discussed about the methods applied with "BrainNext" step-by-step cognitive rehabilitation with positive outcome, developing sustained cognitive capacity. The "BrainNext" rehab model applied was OFFLINE, ONLINE and HYBRID.Mumbai,14-16th April 2023
• 11th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation IFNRCON 2023-E-Poster presentation-"Online Cognitive rehabilitation with BrainNext tools for severe epilepsy - A Case study at Epilepsy Foundation, Mumbai India.",14-16th April 2023
• 11th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation IFNRCON 2023-E-Poster presentation -Post-epilepsy surgery Neuropsychiatric evaluation with UMACE-VIP for Visually impaired-A Case study at Mental Health Aims, Nashik, India",14-16th April 2023
• 11th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation IFNRCON 2023-E-Poster presentation-"ONLINE and OFFLINE Cognitive rehabilitation with “BrainNext” tools for Epilepsy – Comparative study of N=64 Persons With Epilepsy during Covid-19 pandemic at Epilepsy Foundation, India.",14-16th April 2023
• 10th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation - Recent advances in Neurorehab, presented a faculty invited lecture – “Comprehensive approach for quality of life for TBI : A systematic application of “BrainNext” Tools for Cognitive-Motor-Behavioural Rehabilitation”, IFNRCON 2022, Virtual, 22nd - 24th April 2022
• 10th Annual Conference of Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation - Recent advances in Neurorehab, E-Poster presentation – “Development of “NeuroCog” screening tool in India for Post-Covid cognitive deficit : the ongoing project”, IFNRCON 2022, Virtual, 22nd - 24th April 2022
• E-poster, paper presentation at AOCNR 2021- “A CASE STUDY OF HYPOPERFUSION AND DEMENTIA; USING “BRAINNEXT” PROGRAM FOR MEMORY AND COGNITIVE REHABILITATION AT SANCHETI HOSPITAL (SIOR), PUNE, INDIA,” 4th Asia Oceanic Congress of Neuro Rehabilitation 2021 (virtual), 6-8 Aug'21
• E-poster, paper presentation at AOCNR 2021- “RECURRING SEIZURES IN EPILEPSY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SUCCESSFULLY USING “BRAINNEXT” TOOLS FOR COGNITIVE REHABILITATION AT EPILEPSY FOUNDATION, MUMBAI INDIA,” 4th Asia Oceanic Congress of Neuro Rehabilitation 2021 (virtual), 6-8 Aug'21
• E-poster, paper presentation at AOCNR 2021- “USING “BRAINNEXT” FOR ACUTE, SEVERE BRAIN INFECTION AND PROFOUND GLOBAL DEFICIT; GIVING QUALITY OF LIFE TO A CHILD WITH RABIES ENCEPHALITIS, 4th Asia Oceanic Congress of Neuro Rehabilitation 2021 (virtual), 6-8 Aug'21
• 9th Annual Conference IFNRCON 2021- 152 Epilepsy patients study using "BrainNext" Neurorehabilitation Exercises, - Best paper Award at Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation and Neurorehab Sub-Section of Indian Academy of Neurology- Virtual conf, 10-11 April,2021
• Mangal Shirish Kardile and Nirmal Surya. “Recovering Cognitive Deficit in Epilepsy: Innovative “BrainNext” Tools Program at Epilepsy Foundation, India”. EC Neurology 13.5 (2021): 82-92
• Nirmal Surya, Hitav Someshwar, Balaji Patil, Divyasiny Sharma, Aarti Sharma, Mangal Kardile and Janvi Someshwar, 2020. “Comprehensive Epilepsy care during the lockdown due to COVID-19 Pandemic in INDIA: Epilepsy Foundation India Model.”, International Journal of Current Research, 12.(07), 12159-12162
• Mangal Shirish Kardile and KH Sancheti. “Memory Recall and Cognitive Recovery for Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Systematic Neurorehabilitation Program for 42 Dementia Patients Using “BrainNext” Tools at Sancheti Hospital, Pune, India”. EC Neurology 12.7 (2020): 48-56
• Kardile, Mangal, Surya N, (2020) - Epilepsy Case study poster presentation 21st Joint Annual Conference ECON 2020 - Indian Epilepsy Association and Indian Epilepsy Society – Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad, 17-19 January,2020
• Kardile, Mangal, Surya N, (2019) - Epilepsy Case study data presentation N=125 - 27th Annual Conference Indian Academy of Neurology, IANCON, Hyderabad, 03-06, October, 2019- Awarded -1st National Award – NEUROREHABILITATION INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
• Kardile, Mangal, Surya N, (2019) - Epilepsy Case study oral presentation - 7th Annual Conference IFNRCON 2019- Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation and Neurorehab Sub-Section of Indian Academy of Neurology, MIT Mumbai, 19-21 April,2019
• Kardile, Mangal S, Luscombe, Georgina M, Peisah, Carmelle (2018), - The Development of a New Screening Tool for Cognitive Impairment in India: The Universal Memory and Cognitive Exam (UMACE), http://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.8_Issue.5_May2018/35.pdf, ISSN: 2249‐9571
• Kardile, M., & Peisah, C. (2017). Elder abuse by abandonment in India: A novel community awareness and intervention strategy. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(6), 1035‐1036. doi:10.1017/S1041610216002404 Kardile, M., & Peisah, C. (2017). International Psychogeriatrics, 29(6), 1035-1036. doi:10.1017/S1041610216002404
• 4th international conference on Vascular Dementia June 30‐July 02, 2016 Valencia, Spain, Subcortical dementia developed at high altitude in Himalayas – an army case study investigation with MMSE and new UMACE diagnostic tool, Mangal Kardile, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2016, 6:3(Suppl), http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161‐0460.C1.019
• “Excellence in diagnosis in culturally diverse settings: the development of Universal Memory and Cognitive Exam (UMACE)” ,Oral presentation at "The 26th Annual Conference of Alzheimer Europe", Copenhagen, Denmark from 31 Oct.–2 Nov.,2016. http://alzheimer-europe.org/Media/Files/7.-Conferences/2016-Copenhagen/P4.2-KARDILE-Mangal
• UMACE Research paper presentation PPT published by Alzheimer’s Europe http://alzheimer‐europe.org/Media/Files/7.‐Conferences/2016‐Copenhage /P4.2‐KARDILE‐Mangal
• Symposia- “CAPCITY, RISK AND ABUSE: A symposium of the capacity taskforce shared interest forum (Capacity and abuse in elderly Indian population‐case studies)”, 2014 International Meeting (IPA) International Psychogeriatrics Association” & Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Psychogeriatric Interest Group, Chinese Society for Psychiatry Beijing, China 23 ‐26 October, 2014
• Capacity Australia and The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong,-“Understanding Mental Health Issues and Abuse in elderly Indian population” 1st Annual International Capacity Conference "Capacity, ethics and the Prevention of Abuse", Capacity Australia and The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong, Hong Kong‐ 20 Sept. 2014
• 1st Annual International Capacity Conference "Capacity, ethics and the Prevention of Abuse" Hong Kong, 20 Sept. 2014,‐ Poster presentation Abstract‐ Book of proceedings, II Indo European Symposium on Coercion, Dept. of Psychiatry Mysore Medical College And Research Institute, Mysore, India, 24-25 March, 2014
• “Using a Multicultural Model to develop a Universal Diagnostic Tool for Cognitive and Memory Impairments”, International Psychogeriatric Association International Meeting, Cairns, Australia,7‐11 September, 2012
• Dept. of Psych, Bhonsala Military College,- “Coherence between Rational Intelligence, Success and Emotions in Paranoid Personality Disorder Population", National level seminar, "Emotional Intelligence as a predictor of success", organized by Dept. of Psychology, Bhonsala Military College, Nasik, 27‐ 29th Jan.'12
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)- “A Techno‐Cognitive approach to cultivate a Mentally Healthy society” XXX Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Professional Social Work National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru, India ‐ Jan.’2012
• “Cohesion of Cognitive and Technological inference for treating Dementia” The Fifth International congress of the Asian Society Against Dementia, Asia Society against Dementia, The Chinese Dementia Research Association, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists— Hong Kong, Nov. 2011
• "Society for Philosophy and Technology, University of North Texas -“Using visual effects technology for treating psychiatric problems”, “17th International conference organized by "Society for Philosophy and Technology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, May 2011
• Treating Mental Disorder‐ A Cognitive Approach with Audio‐Visual Technology ( a quarterly e‐journal for promoting research for human welfare) http://www.ijhsr.org/archives_vol_1.htm, International Journal of Health sciences and Research, Vol.01; Issue: 01 (Jul-Sept 2011); Published: Oct 22, 2011