562 results for “intellectual_disability”
38y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis due to promethazin…
Elizabeth Jean Hanlon, aged 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis following a promethazine overdose. She had complex mental health diagnoses including borderline personality disorder…
58y · Male·Acute renal failure in the setting of pneumonia and acute bronchitis
Anthony Swaney, 58, died from acute renal failure in the setting of pneumonia and acute bronchitis following multi-organ failure. He had complex medical needs including Trisomy 18, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability…
19y · Male·aspiration of latex glove; intellectual disability
Daniel Pelka, a 19-year-old with severe intellectual and physical disability, died from aspiration of a latex glove whilst attending a disability day care centre. He had known propensity to place objects in his mouth and…
39y · Male·Choking on a food bolus
Mark Capovilla, a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from choking on food at his day program. He had a documented choking risk but lacked a current mealtime support plan at…
76y · Male·Pneumonia and Metastatic Liver Disease from an unknown primary malignancy
Robert Dunlop, a 76-year-old man with end-stage Parkinson's disease and intellectual disability residing in aged care, developed a sore throat on 28 January 2011 followed by respiratory difficulties on 1 February. He was…
25y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen
Rebecca Lazarus, a 25-year-old woman with intellectual disability, was fatally stabbed by her partner Travis Cooke who had chronic treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, was on a Community Treatment Order, and had a…
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Eric Vincent Craig, a 66-year-old man with Down's syndrome living in supported residential care, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced recurrent respiratory infections from 2012 onwards, with declining mobil…
55y · Male·Complications of right middle cerebral artery infarction
Simon Mark Everill, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability and epilepsy, suffered a right middle cerebral artery infarction on 3 September 2014 after experiencing two falls during a day service activity. His symp…
56y · Female·End stage Alzheimer's disease with Down syndrome
Karen Lisa Heysham, aged 56, died from end-stage Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome while residing in supported disability accommodation. She was admitted to hospital in March 2024 after functional decline, then disch…
45y · Female·Metastatic ovarian carcinoma
A 45-year-old woman with intellectual disability and Lennox-Gastraut syndrome presented to Austin Hospital with a two-week history of abdominal swelling and peripheral oedema. Investigations revealed metastatic ovarian c…
64y · Male·Aspiration event obstruction in a man with oropharyngeal dysphagia and Parkinson…
Richard Ellis, a 64-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration obstruction following a witnessed choking episode while eating. He prese…
55y · Female·Complications arising from Down's Syndrome and dementia (bronchopneumonia)
SJI was a 55-year-old woman with Down's syndrome and dementia who died from bronchopneumonia at Maryborough District Health Service. She was admitted in April 2025 with pressure ulcers and experienced progressive cogniti…
65y · Female·Unascertained
Jennifer Thomas, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability due to phenylketonuria, died in disability residential care. She became unresponsive in her wheelchair and staff performed emergency CPR after lifting her…
23y · Female·Death by homicide; medical cause unable to be determined due to body not being l…
Krystal Lee Fraser, 23 years old and nine months pregnant, disappeared from Pyramid Hill, Victoria on 20 June 2009 and has never been found. The coroner concluded she died on or shortly after 21 June 2009 near Leitchvill…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
Mitchell Follent, 22, died by fall from a third-floor balcony five days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired b…
54y · Male·Complications of cervical spinal stenosis treated with cervical laminectomy and …
Geoffrey Power, aged 54, with severe intellectual disability, blindness, and perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, underwent indicated cervical laminectomy and fusion for cervical stenosis. Post-operatively, he self-r…
58y · Female·pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury
A 58-year-old woman with autism and severe intellectual disability died from pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest. She had been institutionalised at Graylands Hospita…
73y · Male·Complications of pyelonephritis and hepatocellular carcinoma in a man with epile…
Ian Robert Cameron, a 73-year-old man with multiple disabilities including motor neuron disease, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died at home in specialist disability accommodation from complications of pyelonephr…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of recurrent aspiration pneumonia and heart …
Paul Philpott, a 58-year-old man with Down's Syndrome, died from aspiration pneumonia with recurrent aspiration and heart failure. He was found non-responsive and vomiting in his supported accommodation on 28 March 2023,…
42y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome con…
Bridie Gilligan, 42, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, intellectual disability, and dysphagia, choked on a Yumbo burger in her Supported Independent Living accommodation on 29 April 2021, suffering fatal hypoxic brain inj…
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