Table 1:

Weighted Distribution of Eliciting Preferences for Infection Management Practices in Terminally Ill Residents of US Nursing Homes (n = 892, weighted n = 15,381)

How often does your facility elicit residents’/families’ preferences for infection management (such as antibiotic use) for terminally ill residents in the following situations:	Weighted Means		Rarely		Sometimes		Often		Almost Always		Don’t know/Missing
	Mean	SE of Mean	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
When a resident’s condition changes, such as developing a fever?	84.93	0.82	3.99	0.77	12.64	1.22	22.09	1.53	59.72	1.82	0.78	0.27
Following an event such as an aspiration?	82.29	0.88	5.92	0.90	14.50	1.29	22.13	1.54	54.71	1.84	1.37	0.37
During care plan meetings?	75.83	0.98	10.24	1.12	21.22	1.51	20.94	1.51	44.92	1.84	1.34	0.41
On admission?	72.56	1.11	17.13	1.40	19.73	1.49	14.03	1.31	44.64	1.84	2.24	0.49
How often does your facility…
Include residents and resident proxies in treatment decisions for suspected infections near the end-of-life?	91.77	0.62	1.77	0.48	5.40	0.87	16.33	1.38	75.07	1.62	0.71	0.29
Consider residents’ goals of care in managing suspected infections near the end-of-life?	90.16	0.65	1.74	0.47	6.89	0.96	20.00	1.47	70.41	1.70	0.48	0.25
Adhere to standard infection control policies such as isolation precautions during end-of-life care?	90.02	0.73	4.14	0.72	7.15	0.93	12.68	1.24	74.77	1.60	0.63	0.24
Give antibiotics near the end-of-life?*	52.76	0.79	21.41	1.51	52.80	1.85	14.71	1.38	8.73	1.03	1.18	0.35

^*Lower value indicates positive results