Association Between Shopping Assistance and Functional Decline in Older Residents with Support Levels Under the Long-Term Care Insurance System in Japan: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study
Akihiko Asao, Toshimasa Sone, Takaaki Fujita, Hiroshi Hayashi, Shigeki Kurasawa, Koshi Sumigawa, Yohko Ishikawa, Hironori Kawamata, Yuhei Mitsuhashi, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Natsumi Kimura, Kazuaki Iokawa, Maria Wittmann · 2024
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Akihiko Asao and co-authors studied shopping help and decline in older Japanese adults in a 2024 paper. Staying able to run one's own daily life keeps care needs down as people age. Shopping is a key such task, since it mixes planning, travel, and money handling in one trip.
The team drew on records for older residents who get light support under Japan's long-term care insurance. They asked whether those who get help with shopping show more decline in daily function than those who shop alone. The cross-check can hint at whether help marks decline or eases it. Such hints guide how support plans are drawn for aging towns.
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| CREATOR | Akihiko Asao, Toshimasa Sone, Takaaki Fujita, Hiroshi Hayashi, Shigeki Kurasawa, Koshi Sumigawa, Yohko Ishikawa, Hironori Kawamata, Yuhei Mitsuhashi, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Natsumi Kimura, Kazuaki Iokawa, Maria Wittmann |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |