Literature defines life space as people’s movement throughout their living environment.1 One article done by Lo and Colleagues (2014) investigated the relationship between life-space mobility (Life-Space Assessment, LSA) and incidence of fall and fracture within 4 years follow-up period among community-dwelling older adults in Alabama, U.S.2 Life-space change was defined as the difference in LSA score before and after a fall occurs. The research findings indicate that decrease in life-space score was correlated with a greater incidence of a fall occurred with an injury, a fall combined with a fracture, and a fall with a hip fracture. The authors infer that a fall or a fracture was related to a potentially irreversible decline in mobility.
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