PMID- 34420916 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210925 IS - 2561-7605 (Electronic) IS - 2561-7605 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Aug 19 TI - Using Living Labs to Explore Needs and Solutions for Older Adults With Dementia: Scoping Review. PG - e29031 LID - 10.2196/29031 [doi] LID - e29031 AB - BACKGROUND: Numerous 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. OBJECTIVE: This 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). METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: Of 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. CONCLUSIONS: This 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. CI - (c)Henk Verloo, Adrien Lorette, Joelle Rosselet Amoussou, Estelle Gilles de Pelichy, Alcina Matos Queiros, Armin von Gunten, Elodie Perruchoud. Originally published in JMIR Aging (https://aging.jmir.org), 19.08.2021. FAU - Verloo, Henk AU - Verloo H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5375-3255 AD - School of Health Sciences HES-SO Valais and Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sion, Switzerland. AD - Service of Old Age Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Lorette, Adrien AU - Lorette A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8865-0734 AD - Service of Old Age Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Rosselet Amoussou, Joelle AU - Rosselet Amoussou J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6871-5350 AD - Psychiatry Library, Education and Research Department, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Gilles de Pelichy, Estelle AU - Gilles de Pelichy E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8165-4409 AD - Service of Old Age Psychiatry, Sector West, Prangins Hospital, Lausanne University Hospital, Prangins, Switzerland. FAU - Matos Queiros, Alcina AU - Matos Queiros A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0917-9097 AD - Department of Health and Social Welfare, Lausanne, Switzerland. AD - Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. FAU - von Gunten, Armin AU - von Gunten A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7852-3803 AD - Head of the Service of Old Age Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Perruchoud, Elodie AU - Perruchoud E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-3179 AD - School of Health Sciences HES-SO Valais and Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Sion, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210819 PL - Canada TA - JMIR Aging JT - JMIR aging JID - 101740387 PMC - PMC8414306 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aged OT - cognitive dysfunction OT - dementia OT - living lab OT - long-term care OT - mobile phone OT - primary health care OT - technology COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared. EDAT- 2021/08/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/24 06:01 PMCR- 2021/08/19 CRDT- 2021/08/23 06:14 PHST- 2021/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/23 06:14 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - v4i3e29031 [pii] AID - 10.2196/29031 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JMIR Aging. 2021 Aug 19;4(3):e29031. doi: 10.2196/29031.