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Mansa Clinic's geriatric psychiatry team in Aundh, Pune provides specialist mental health assessment for adults over 60. Services include ACE-III neuropsychological screening, dementia diagnosis and management, late-life depression, and neuropsychiatric symptom management in conditions such as Parkinson's disease - with dedicated support for family caregivers.
Mansa Clinic's geriatric psychiatry team in Aundh, Pune provides specialist mental health assessment for adults over 60. Services include ACE-III neuropsychological screening, dementia diagnosis and management, late-life depression, and neuropsychiatric symptom management in conditions such as Parkinson's disease - with dedicated support for family caregivers.
India is home to an estimated 5.29 million people living with dementia - a number the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) projects will double by 2036. Add to this the high prevalence of depression and anxiety in adults over 60 (affecting up to 30% of this age group, according to the Indian Journal of Psychiatry), and the scale of unmet need becomes clear.
In western Pune's residential localities - Aundh, Baner, Bavdhan, Kothrud - many senior citizens live with working-age children who have little time and often less guidance for identifying when a parent's forgetfulness has crossed from normal ageing into something that needs medical attention. Most families only seek help when a behavioural crisis or a safety incident forces them to. By that point, weeks or months of earlier intervention have already been lost.
Mansa Clinic's geriatric psychiatry service is designed to support families before the crisis point - with clear diagnostic answers, practical management plans, and a team that speaks both the medical and the human language of ageing.
Dementia is not a single disease. Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia have distinct features, distinct progressions, and - critically - distinct management approaches. Misidentifying the type leads to the wrong intervention. Our neuropsychological assessment team uses the ACE-III (Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination) and other validated tools to provide diagnostic clarity that most general practitioners cannot offer.
Depression in older adults is frequently dismissed as a natural response to ageing, retirement, or bereavement. It is not. Late-life depression is a clinical condition with effective treatments, and leaving it untreated accelerates cognitive decline, increases physical illness risk, and significantly reduces quality of life. Dr. Baste's geriatric psychiatric assessments specifically screen for depression as a distinct, treatable condition separate from dementia.
MCI is the transitional zone between normal age-related memory changes and early dementia. Not every person with MCI progresses to dementia - and the factors that influence this progression are modifiable. Early identification and monitoring at Mansa Clinic gives families maximum time to plan, adapt, and intervene.
Psychiatric symptoms - depression, hallucinations, anxiety, impulse control problems - are common and often distressing in Parkinson's disease, yet most neurological care focuses exclusively on motor symptoms. Mansa Clinic provides psychiatric oversight for the non-motor aspects of Parkinson's and similar neurological conditions.
A neuropsychological assessment at Mansa Clinic is a structured evaluation of cognitive functioning across multiple domains - memory, attention, language, visuospatial ability, and executive function. It is conducted by Ms. Monali Naidu and Ms. Aditi Dharmadhikari, both trained in the ACE-III and other validated dementia screening instruments.
The assessment takes 60 to 90 minutes and produces a written report that can be shared with neurologists, physicians, or used for legal or care planning purposes. The results are explained to the family in plain language - not handed over as a document full of clinical terms without context.
Caring for a parent with dementia or a psychiatric condition is one of the most emotionally demanding experiences a person can face. Caregiver burnout - characterised by exhaustion, resentment, depression, and physical illness - is documented in over 50% of primary dementia caregivers in India (ARDSI 2023). At Mansa Clinic, we treat the caregiver as a patient in their own right. Family sessions, psychoeducation, and referral to caregiver support resources are built into every geriatric care plan.
