Using Living Labs to Explore Needs and Solutions for Older Adults With Dementia: Scoping Review.

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Author	Verloo, Henk Lorette, Adrien Rosselet Amoussou, Joëlle Gillès de Pélichy, Estelle Matos Queirós, Alcina von Gunten, Armin Perruchoud, Elodie
Editor	Wang, Jing
Copyright Year	2021
Abstract	BackgroundNumerous living labs have established a new approach for studying the health, independent living, and well-being of older adults with dementia. Living labs interact with a broad set of stakeholders, including students, academic institutions, private companies, health care organizations, and patient representative bodies and even with other living labs. Hence, it is crucial to identify the types of cocreations that should be attempted and how they can be facilitated through living labs.ObjectiveThis study aims to scope publications that examine all types of living lab activities, exploring the needs and expectations of older adults with dementia and seeking solutions, whether they live in the community or long-term health care facilities (LTHFs).MethodsThis scoping review was reported according to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) recommendations for the extension of scoping reviews. We searched six bibliographic databases for publications up to March 2020, and a forward-backward citation chasing was performed. Additional searches were conducted using Google Scholar. The quality of the selected papers was assessed.ResultsOf the 5609 articles identified, we read 58 (1.03%) articles and retained 12 (0.21%) articles for inclusion and final analysis. All 12 articles presented an innovative product, developed in 4 main living labs, to assist older adults with cognitive disorders or dementia living in the community or LTHFs. The objectives of these studies were to optimize health, quality of life, independent living, home care, and safety of older adults with cognitive disorders or dementia, as well as to support professional and family caregivers or reduce their burdens. The overall methodological quality of the studies ranged from poor to moderate.ConclusionsThis scoping review identified several living labs playing a pivotal role in research aimed at older adults with dementia living in the community or LTHFs. However, it also revealed that living labs should conduct more better-quality interventional research to prove the effectiveness of their technological products or service solutions.International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.2147/SHTT.S233130
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Journal	JMIR Aging
Volume Number	4
DOI	10.2196/29031
PubMed Central reference number	PMC8414306
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	34420916
e-ISSN	25617605
Language	English
Publisher	JMIR Publications
Publisher Date	2021-08-19
Publisher Place	Toronto, Canada
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Aging, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://aging.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. ©Henk Verloo, Adrien Lorette, Joëlle Rosselet Amoussou, Estelle Gillès de Pélichy, Alcina Matos Queirós, Armin von Gunten, Elodie Perruchoud. Originally published in JMIR Aging (https://aging.jmir.org), 19.08.2021.
Subject Keyword	living lab aged dementia cognitive dysfunction long-term care primary health care technology mobile phone
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geriatrics and Gerontology Health (social science) Health Informatics Gerontology