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Available data on factors that influence the decision to prescribe anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in care home residents is conflicting. This study adds to the body of evidence to suggest that advancing age and concomitant antiplatelet therapy are barriers to anticoagulant prescription in older people newly admitted to care homes. Targeted educational tools on anticoagulant prescribing in older people with atrial fibrillation and an indication for antiplatelet therapy (for example, peripheral vascular disease, ischaemic stroke, and acute coronary syndrome) are needed.