Deceased
Agnes Gillon Russell
Demographics
75y, female
Date of death
2012-01-19
Finding date
2014-11-28
Cause of death
intracranial haemorrhage
AI-generated summary
A 75-year-old woman with frontal lobe dementia subject to a Guardianship Order died from intracranial haemorrhage at an aged care facility. She sustained a fall from a dining chair on 14 January 2012 and was transferred to hospital where imaging revealed a large left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage. Neurosurgical review determined she was not a surgical candidate due to her catastrophic injury and poor prognosis. After palliative care assessment, she was discharged back to the nursing home for end-stage care and died there five days later. The coroner found her care at both the nursing home and hospital to be entirely appropriate, with no preventability issues or recommendations identified.
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