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Finding into death of Patricia Faye Stone

Deceased

Patricia Faye Stone

Demographics

71y, female

Date of death

2018-02-23

Finding date

2020-01-06

Cause of death

Complications of metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy (unknown primary)

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Patricia Faye Stone, a 71-year-old woman with mild intellectual disability living in disability services residential accommodation, presented to Austin Hospital in January 2018 with metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy of unknown primary. Initial assessment identified cancerous masses in the liver with metastases to lungs and bones. She received palliative care at home through Melbourne City Mission and DHHS staff, then transferred to the Olivia Newton John Palliative Care Unit in mid-February where she died in early February 2018. The Disability Services Commissioner found no concerns with DHHS service provision. The coroner found no causal connection between her death and her status as a person in care, and confirmed death was from natural causes.

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