Towards a sustainable panel-based living lab approach in older adult care innovation

To tackle the current challenges in the care for older adults innovative solutions should be created. Herefore a panel-based living lab approach can be used. This requires a sustainable involvement of older adults and their caregivers, which is challenging. Based on the experiences in the ‘Care Living Labs Flanders’ program this paper will discuss how a panel based approach can be achieved. This case study was a combination of a plan evaluation and action research. A comparison between the initial plans and the steps towards a sustainable panel for the Care Living labs is provided.

Publication year:2015

Keywords:Older adult care, user involvement, panel-based living lab