Language Preference and Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia

Hanbyoul Park¹, Ahmed Bagit², Bernadette McCann³, Saeha Shin², Shail Rawal^{2

4}, Christopher Kandel^{2

5}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

Hanbyoul Park et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 26.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.70270. Online ahead of print.

Hanbyoul Park¹, Ahmed Bagit², Bernadette McCann³, Saeha Shin², Shail Rawal^{2

4}, Christopher Kandel^{2

5}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{2

4}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotics; dementia; language preference.

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