| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Population | Participants of any age, gender or ethnicity living with dementia, of any type or severity. Studies which included participants without dementia reported the outcomes for PLWD separately. | The study population was not focussed on PLWD or studies with mixed cohorts did not report the outcomes for PLWD separately. |
Concepts | Describes the use of a digital technology, defined for this scoping review as an electronic computer-based technology that processes data using binary code. | The intervention studied was not a digital computer-based technology. |
Supports PLWD to engage in a meaningful occupation: -Used for a personalised activity (i.e. personal music playlist). -Specifically tailored to a person’s preferences or abilities. -Facilitated engagement in a meaningful occupation (i.e. care staff use of care note software or predictive algorithms) -Maintained self-identity (i.e. digital life story book) -Maintained connections with others (i.e. social media, video calls, and social robots). | The intervention did not support engagement in a meaningful occupation: -Generic technology which has not been personalised or used to connect with others. -Telemedicine or telecare where the technology is used to provide medical care rather than a meaningful occupation. -Monitoring, tracking or assistive technology for personal care (such as alarm clocks, medication reminders) unless this facilitated a meaningful occupation (such as tracking algorithms to predict and plan meaningful occupations). -Technology used solely for e-learning/training. | |
Context | The technology was used in a care home setting which includes both care homes with nursing (nursing home) and those without (residential care home). | The study did not specifically focus on the care home setting (such as domiciliary care, day centres or extra care housing services). |
The study was primary research utilising any methodology. | Review of evidence (such as literature reviews, systematic reviews and scoping reviews). Conference paper, editorial or book chapter. Duplicate or correction of no significance. | |
Published in a peer-reviewed journal in any year. | Non-peer reviewed. | |
A full-text version in the English language is available. | A full-text version in the English language is not available. |