Table 1 Detailed description of the Living Lab Dementia intervention
No. | What? Procedures | Why? Rationale and theory | What? Material | How? Modes of delivery | Who? Intervention provider | When and how much? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Implementation of a Linking Pin Dyad per care facility Collaboration structures: ● Establishment and supervision of working groups ● Plan and manage networking opportunities and appointments (e.g. team-, circle meetings, annual Living Lab Meetings) ● Shape participation opportunities ● Plan and execute public relations measures Research projects: ● Plan and manage the identification process for the needs of care practice ● Plan and conduct the research projects ● Disseminate results and translate them into practice ● Manage expectations | ● Crucial for the co-creative work between research and practice ● Change agents are recommended for the implementation of complex intervention [33, 38, 39] ● Insights into the care facilities [40] ● Building meaningful connections [40] | ● Appropriate workplace ● Software packages (e.g. Microsoft office) ● Release from regular activities in the work schedule once a week ● Information material: poster, flyer, online presence, articles, presentations, pocket cards etc. ● Promoting material: pencils, bags, lanyards, sweets, etc. | ● Working day together in the care facility ● Meetings with different stakeholders ● Appointments with overall care staff | Scientific Linking Pin: ● Research associate (M.A.; M.Sc.) or research fellow (post-doc) ● Vocational training in a healthcare profession or practical work experience Practice Linking Pin: ● Vocational training in nursing care or a therapeutic field ● Employment in the direct care of people living with dementia ● In-depth knowledge of structures and processes within the long-term care facilities | ● Once a week preferably regular daily working time (approx. 8 h) |
2. | Implementation of a Team/Circle* per care facility/organization Collaboration structures: ● Participate and reflect working groups ● Support LP-Dyad and tasks ● Function as practice champions ● Represent employees Research projects: ● Support the identification process for the needs of care practice and align with the strategic direction ● Support and reflect projects ● Support dissemination | ● Integration of different roles and qualifications ● Practice champions are recommended for the implementation of complex intervention [39, 40] | ● Conference room ● Information material: poster, flyer, online presence, articles, presentations, pocket cards etc. ● Work schedule that favors joint working hours | ● Meetings with different stakeholders | ● 3–6 motivated employees of different professions and qualifications ● Care facility manager (all levels) ● Possibly further interested stakeholder from quality management, works council, other care facilities, general practitioners, therapists | ● Once a month/quarterly meetings (between 1 and 2 h) |
3. | Establishing a fixed collaboration with a research team per location Collaboration structures: ● Participate and reflect working groups and processes ● Support LP-Dyad and tasks Research projects: ● Support and reflect projects ● Provide current scientific findings ● Support expectation management ● Advise and support dissemination | ● For effective knowledge circulation there is a need for an established long-term collaboration | ● Access to libraries and scientific papers ● Information material: scientific poster, articles, presentations | ● Research time ● Meetings with different stakeholders | ● Employees of cooperating universities from different levels of qualification (full professors, senior researcher, research associates) | ● Once a week |