The Association of Resident Communication Abilities and Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care.
Farah E SaxenaSusan E BronskillKevin A BrownMichael A CampitelliGary GarberBradley LangfordColleen J MaxwellDaniel McCormackKevin L SchwartzNick DanemanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)
Poor resident communication ability is not a driver of antibiotic overuse in long-term care. In fact, lower ability to understand others and/or be understood by others is associated with less antibiotic exposure. Further work is needed to optimize antibiotic use in long-term care residents across the entire spectrum of communication skills.