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76y · Male·congestive cardiac failure complicated by type 2 respiratory failure
Peter Vernon Wallace was a 76-year-old man with schizophrenia subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order, living in aged care. He had serious physical comorbidities including congestive cardiac failure, type 2 respiratory …
90y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Ruth McKay, 90, died of acute bronchopneumonia after accessing the external courtyard of the Memory Support Unit (MSU) at an aged care facility undetected in the early morning of 17 January 2015. She was found under a st…
72y · Female·subdural haemorrhage sustained from a fall from a hospital bed on 18 January 201…
Mrs Judith Gaye Flynn, aged 72, died from a subdural haemorrhage sustained when she fell from a hospital bed on the General Medicine Ward at Canberra Hospital. She was a high-risk fall patient with cognitive impairment, …
83y · Female·pneumonia with generalised atherosclerosis as a significant contributor
Pamela Vance, 83, died from pneumonia with generalised atherosclerosis as a significant contributor. She had multiple comorbidities including COPD, asthma, sleep apnoea and heart disease, complicated by recent falls and …
86y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
Viola Diana Clarke, an 86-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including congestive heart failure, COPD, renal failure, gastric reflux and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was administered incorrect m…
88y · Male·left frontal lobe haemorrhage due to a fall
Mr Edward Davis, an 88-year-old man with epilepsy, stroke, dementia and on anticoagulation therapy, fell onto a Stand-Up Lifter positioned directly in front of him while waiting for a second staff member to operate it. H…
82y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia
Gwenda Margaret Membery, an 82-year-old resident of aged care with dementia, COPD, and diabetes, died from acute bronchopneumonia. She presented with fever and cough on 3 July 2014, was diagnosed with respiratory tract i…
94y · Male·blunt head and neck trauma with associated haemorrhage; neck trauma included fra…
Charles Rowan McCulloch, aged 94, died from blunt head and neck trauma sustained in an assault by another dementia resident in Jindalee Aged Care Residence, ACT. He was admitted on 20 January 2012 and found deceased on 2…
33y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia caused by drowning
A 33-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and cerebral palsy drowned in a bath at a supported accommodation house. Carers left him unattended in the bath despite an Individual Plan stating 'full assistance re…
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