About Ayla

We think cognitive health should remain part of care for life.

A dementia diagnosis shouldn't be the point at which we stop investing in someone's mind.

Too often, cognitive support is treated as a short intervention, a specialist service, or something that becomes less important as dementia progresses.

We think differently.

Ayla is making evidence-based cognitive care easier to deliver as part of everyday dementia care - from structured CST programmes, through maintenance and ongoing cognitive wellbeing, with outcomes that help teams understand what is working.

Structured intervention

Evidence-based CST, delivered consistently by the people already delivering care.

Maintaining
progress

Support doesn't disappear when the initial seven-week programme ends.

Cognitive
Wellbeing

Meaningful cognitive engagement becomes part of everyday life, not an occasional activity.

Knowing what
works

Outcomes follow the person, giving teams evidence to improve over time.

The people behind ayla

Evidence-led dementia care, delivered with compassion.

We're a small team bringing together dementia care, clinical expertise, technology and implementation - working alongside the people who deliver and experience care every day.

Devika Wood

Chief Executive

Fiona Costello

Chief Operating Officer

Gemma Wylde-White

Commercial Director

Josefine Funder-Nissen

Clinical Product Specialist

Heidi Flynn

Clinical Dementia Education and Implementation Specialist (RMN)

Elisha Ngoma

Full-stack Developer

News and updates

What's happening at Ayla.

Research, partnerships, product developments and the work shaping better cognitive care.

News

From full stop to flower: the next chapter for Ayla

September 16, 2026

Ayla has a new look, but the change is more than visual. Our full stop has opened into a seven-petal flower — representing seven weeks of CST, the people who take part, and the individual at the centre of everything we do.

News

Ayla named finalist for Best Health Tech Solution of the Year

September 11, 2026

Ayla has been named a finalist in the HTN Awards 2026, recognising our work to make evidence-based cognitive care easier to deliver and measure.

Insights

Why dementia care needs a cultural shift

September 9, 2026

From Sydney to the UK, Ayla CEO Devika Wood reflects on why dementia care needs to move beyond managing decline — and put the person, possibility and brain health at the centre.

We know the difference between something that works on paper and something that works in a care home.

Ayla brings together clinical dementia expertise, care delivery, product, technology and commercial experience. But the people who shape what we build extend far beyond our team. We work alongside care teams and residents to understand what actually works in practice — and build from there.

Talk to our team