The Innovate Dementia Transnational Living Lab

The Innovate Dementia Transnational Living Lab hosted by the Centre for Collaborative Innovation in Dementia at Liverpool John Moores University is a research-to-innovation asset. The Lab arose out of the successes of the Innovate Dementia project. The central aim of the project was to engage with people living with dementia to develop innovative ways of addressing their everyday challenges. The project team worked with people living with dementia, the business sector – SMEs and multinational companies, other academics, and commissioners and providers of services. Transnationally over 15 innovations were brought to the market. The work of the project was based on a robust participatory engagement process, in 2014 the Centre’s Living Lab was accredited by ENoLL. The Lab has widened its reach by working with co- creation groups across health and social care, this work is not always condition specific, it can be international; however, it is always grounded within the needs of the most vulnerable in society. The civic intention of the Centre is to facilitate people living with a health-related condition to develop sustainable solutions to their everyday challenges, while evaluating the real- world effectiveness of these solutions. Since 2012, the Centre has worked in partnership with both national and international partners on several research-to-innovation projects, securing nearly £20 millions of funding. During the delivery of these projects, the Centre has produced over eighty diverse research- to-innovation outputs.

Areas of work:

• Health and Well Being
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation & Inclusion