Gerritzen, E.V.Hull, M.J.Verbeek, H.Smith, A.E.de Boer, B.2025-12-182025-12-182020Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 2020; 18(2):214-2451535-07701535-0932https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/139291People with dementia often experience social isolation and stigmatization. Research shows that bringing generations together can be mutually beneficial. Although intergenerational dementia programs show promising results, specific successful elements remain unclear. A scoping literature review was performed to compare intergenerational dementia programs and identify successful elements and outcomes. Successful elements included (1) including buddy systems to foster relationship building, (2) dementia education to increase knowledge, positive attitudes and empathy among younger participants, (3) Montessori-based activities, (4) being considerate about activity set-up, (5) analyzing student-reflective journals, and (6) reminiscence programs. These findings can be used to develop successful intergenerational dementia programs.enCopyright 2019 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)dementiaintergenerational programsintergenerational relationshipsaged carescoping reviewJournal article10.1080/15350770.2019.16707702-s2.0-85073995198Smith, A.E. [0000-0001-6316-2259]