Coroner's Finding: PETRICH Sandor
Deceased
Sandor Petrich
Demographics
76y, male
Date of death
2014-10-22
Finding date
2016-09-12
Cause of death
General inanition due to end stage Parkinson's disease
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Sandor Petrich, aged 76, died of general inanition due to end-stage Parkinson's disease at a nursing home. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2005 and presented with advanced disease including immobility, incontinence, cognitive impairment, and dysphasia. The inquest was held because he was subject to a guardianship order under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993, making his death a death in custody. His decline was progressive and expected given his advanced neurological disease. He received appropriate palliative care in his final weeks. There are no clinical lessons or preventable factors identified in this finding.
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Contributing factors
- advanced Parkinson's disease
- immobility
- dysphagia
- cognitive impairment
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