The science behind NewDays
The evidence-based methods that inform treatments delivered by NewDays have been consistently supported in clinical trials as improving cognition, quality of life, and independence in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and even delay cognitive decline.
Loneliness and isolation
Activities of daily living
Memory score improvement
Self-efficacy and meeting goals
Confidence in social interaction
Executive function
Our AI companion, Sunny, is trained on clinical research including the groundbreaking I-CONECT Study led by Dr. Hiroko Dodge of Harvard University. NewDays holds exclusive license to this protocol. For more information about the study see the science behind NewDays.
Our AI companion, Sunny, is trained on clinical research including the groundbreaking I-CONECT Study led by Dr. Hiroko Dodge of Harvard University. NewDays holds exclusive license to this protocol. For more information about the study see the science behind NewDays.
Our AI companion, Sunny, is trained on clinical research including the groundbreaking I-CONECT Study led by Dr. Hiroko Dodge of Harvard University. NewDays holds exclusive license to this protocol. For more information about the study see the science behind NewDays.
The evidence is substantial
Backed by 500+ clinical trials and papers
Supported by 50+ systematic reviews
Published in peer-reviewed journals
Recommended by
leading health organizations
The validated treatments informing the NewDays approach have gained recognition from major health organizations worldwide as the recommended standard of care for people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Recommended by
leading health organizations
The validated treatments informing the NewDays approach have gained recognition from major health organizations worldwide as the recommended standard of care for people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Recommended by leading health organizations
The validated treatments informing the NewDays approach have gained recognition from major health organizations worldwide as the recommended standard of care for people living with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Conversations and practice at the heart
Results from numerous clinical trials show three types of interventions, to be beneficial for people that face cognitive change. Each of them are based on having guided conversations.
Cognitive Stimulation
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy activates multiple parts of the brain through a variety of activities.
A recent clinical trial focused on socially isolated participants over the age of 75.
Participants engaged in: 4 weekly directed conversations for six months and followed by 2 weekly directed conversations for the next six months.
For a subset of participants, the trial showed that this intervention delayed cognitive decline by 6 months to 2.5 years.
While researchers aim to see even small effects to prove efficacy, in this meta-analysis3 of 36 randomized controlled clinical trials we see sizable positive effects vs. the control across all measures, with a large effect on communication and social interaction standing out - a top priority for people living with dementia.
1. Orrell M, Hoe J, Charlesworth G, et al. Support at Home: Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia (SHIELD) – evidence, development and evaluation of complex interventions. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2017 Feb. (Programme Grants for Applied Research, No. 5.5.) Chapter 2, Maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424178/
2. Dodge, H.H. et al 2024. Internet-based conversational engagement randomized controlled clinical trial (I-CONECT) among socially isolated adults 75+ years old with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment: Topline results. The Gerontologist, 64(4), p147.
3. Woods, B., Rai, H.K., Elliott, E., Aguirre, E., Orrell, M. and Spector, A., 2023. Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (1).
Conversations and practice at the heart
Results from numerous clinical trials show three types of interventions, to be beneficial for people that face cognitive change. Each of them are based on having guided conversations.
Cognitive Stimulation
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy activates multiple parts of the brain through a variety of activities.
A recent clinical trial focused on socially isolated participants over the age of 75.
Participants engaged in: 4 weekly directed conversations for six months and followed by 2 weekly directed conversations for the next six months.
For a subset of participants, the trial showed that this intervention delayed cognitive decline by 6 months to 2.5 years.
While researchers aim to see even small effects to prove efficacy, in this meta-analysis3 of 36 randomized controlled clinical trials we see sizable positive effects vs. the control across all measures, with a large effect on communication and social interaction standing out - a top priority for people living with dementia.
1. Orrell M, Hoe J, Charlesworth G, et al. Support at Home: Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia (SHIELD) – evidence, development and evaluation of complex interventions. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2017 Feb. (Programme Grants for Applied Research, No. 5.5.) Chapter 2, Maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424178/
2. Dodge, H.H. et al 2024. Internet-based conversational engagement randomized controlled clinical trial (I-CONECT) among socially isolated adults 75+ years old with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment: Topline results. The Gerontologist, 64(4), p147.
3. Woods, B., Rai, H.K., Elliott, E., Aguirre, E., Orrell, M. and Spector, A., 2023. Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (1).
Conversations and practice at the heart
Results from numerous clinical trials show three types of interventions, to be beneficial for people that face cognitive change. Each of them are based on having guided conversations.
Cognitive Stimulation
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy activates multiple parts of the brain through a variety of activities.
A recent clinical trial focused on socially isolated participants over the age of 75.
Participants engaged in: 4 weekly directed conversations for six months and followed by 2 weekly directed conversations for the next six months.
For a subset of participants, the trial showed that this intervention delayed cognitive decline by 6 months to 2.5 years.
While researchers aim to see even small effects to prove efficacy, in this meta-analysis3 of 36 randomized controlled clinical trials we see sizable positive effects vs. the control across all measures, with a large effect on communication and social interaction standing out - a top priority for people living with dementia.
1. Orrell M, Hoe J, Charlesworth G, et al. Support at Home: Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia (SHIELD) – evidence, development and evaluation of complex interventions. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2017 Feb. (Programme Grants for Applied Research, No. 5.5.) Chapter 2, Maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424178/
2. Dodge, H.H. et al 2024. Internet-based conversational engagement randomized controlled clinical trial (I-CONECT) among socially isolated adults 75+ years old with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment: Topline results. The Gerontologist, 64(4), p147.
3. Woods, B., Rai, H.K., Elliott, E., Aguirre, E., Orrell, M. and Spector, A., 2023. Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (1).
