Abstract
Structural multidisciplinary collaboration between research, policy, education and practice is essential to develop, evaluate and implement interventions improving quality of life and care in nursing homes. The Living Lab in Ageing and Long-term Care is a model to achieve this goal. It was developed in the southern part of the Netherlands. Two characteristics of the model have proven vital for successful collaboration. First, the interdisciplinary partnership, with nursing-home administrators, clinical and nursing staff, researchers and teaching staff as collaborating partners; nursing science, old age medicine, physiotherapy, psychology and gerontology being the core disciplines Second, joint appointments of senior researchers working at both the university and a long-term care organization. Within the Living Lab, innovative small-scale, homelike care environments and green care farms were evaluated according to these principles. Care organizations themselves gave rise to the main research questions and staff have been involved from the start throughout the whole trajectory.
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