562 results for “intellectual_disability”
63y · Female·Unascertained (natural causes) - favoured mechanism sudden cardiac arrhythmia
Deborah Christine Barker, a 63-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, was found unresponsive in the toilet and declared deceased at 7:32pm on 13 May 2022. Autopsy revea…
69y · Male·Complications of Downs syndrome and dementia (palliated)
Maxwell Rowllings was a 69-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia who died in supported group accommodation. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, severe dys…
68y · Female·Terminal palliation in the setting of ischaemic liver and bronchopneumonia
Ms Heather Ash, a 68-year-old woman with intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dementia living in supported disability accommodation, died from terminal palliation in the setting of ischaemic liver and bronch…
74y · Male·Sepsis complicating pyelonephritis and pseudo large intestinal obstruction (pall…
A 74-year-old man with intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia died from sepsis complicating pyelonephritis and pseudo-obstruction after prolonged hospitalisation. He was admitted in February 2024 wit…
60y · Female·Tachyarrhythmia and hyperkalaemia leading to sudden cardiac death in the setting…
Catherine Barker, a 60-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from tachyarrhythmia and hyperkalaemia leading to sudden cardiac death in atrial fibrillation. She had been diagn…
69y · Female·Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma
Dianne Hobbs, a 69-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma. Advanced ovarian cancer was diagnosed in November 2022 following imaging and …
63y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis
Walter Leonard Colyer, a 63-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported residential care, died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis while visiting his sister. He had known aortic st…
53y · Female·Respiratory failure due to community acquired pneumonia and acute pulmonary oede…
Tracy Louise Walford, age 53, with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, lived in Specialist Disability Accommodation. Over six to seven weeks prior to death, carers observed behavi…
63y · Female·undetermined (natural causes); COVID-19 infection likely contributory
Gillian Burgess, a 63-year-old non-verbal autistic woman with intellectual disability, chronic kidney disease and heart disease, died in a Specialist Disability Accommodation facility. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on …
78y · Female·Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Ms Beverly Davidge, a 78-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in residential care, died from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage in hospital. She presented initially with haematemesis and melaena on 11 Novem…
68y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage
Eileen May Howell, a 68-year-old woman with intellectual disability and history of cerebral haemorrhage in 2004, suffered a fatal intracerebral haemorrhage on 25 December 2008 while at her brother's home. She had been pr…
62y · Female·Pneumonia in a lady with spastic quadriplegia
Patricia O'Keefe, a 62-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and spastic quadriplegia, died from pneumonia at Werribee Mercy Hospital. She developed an upper respiratory tract infection in mid-July…
56y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia in a man with respiratory insufficiency and Down's Syndrome
A 56-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, schizophrenia, and severe cervical stenosis residing in supported care presented to hospital with respiratory failure and altered consciousness. He had aspirated food or se…
77y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Carolyn Veronica Dean, a 77-year-old with intellectual disability and epilepsy, died from a catastrophic epileptic seizure whilst using the toilet at a disability support home. She fell forward during the seizure, sustai…
62y · Male·Complications of acute renal failure
Paul Compton was a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a Department of Human Services community residential unit. He was admitted to Austin Hospital on 3 June 2010 with severe dehydration, hypernatraem…
55y · Male·Multiorgan failure and septic shock complicating parasitic gastrointestinal infe…
A 55-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities died from multiorgan failure and septic shock due to parasitic gastrointestinal infection. He presented on 15 July with head banging and or…
40y · Male·Unascertained; probable SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) - natural ca…
A 40-year-old man with severe Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and intellectual disability died unexpectedly in his sleep at a supported disability accommodation facility. He was found in a position consistent with having had a s…
37y · Male·Pseudomonas pneumonia
Peter Keating, a 37-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from pseudomonas pneumonia following a month-long hospitalisation. He was admitted in November 2022…
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
Peter Fiorakis, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, recurrent DVT, cardiomegaly, COPD, ischaemic heart disease and hiatus hernia, presented to Austin Hospital with nausea, vomiting and decrease…
55y · Male·Sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy
Silvio Rolfo, a 55-year-old man with lifelong intellectual disability, autism, and longstanding infrequent epilepsy, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his supported living residence. He was found o…
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