Factors associated with the life-space assessment in community-dwelling older adults requiring support
Kodai Hosaka, Makoto Uchinoura, Hiroshi Otao, Hajime Shibata · 2026
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Kodai Hosaka and colleagues present a 2026 study of life-space in older Japanese adults certified as needing support. Life-space means how far and how often a person moves through their world, from bedroom to beyond town. The team studied 63 day-service users in late summer 2024, testing walking, standing balance, leg strength, memory, and pain-related limits.
Life-space linked most stably to maximum walking speed: faster walkers ranged wider. Pain-related disability also related overall, though less steadily. Looking closer, pain that interfered with specific activities (housework, visiting friends, public transport, shopping) tracked with narrower life-space. The authors suggest gait speed as the key marker to watch, and caution that activity-specific pain deserves attention when supporting older adults to stay mobile and social.
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| CREATOR | Kodai Hosaka, Makoto Uchinoura, Hiroshi Otao, Hajime Shibata |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28680 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |