562 results for “intellectual_disability”
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
Patrick Barry, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, severe dysphagia, and metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurrent respiratory tract infections and …
72y · Female·Large rectal prolapse and ischaemic bowel
A 72-year-old woman with intellectual disability residing in aged care presented with a large rectal prolapse and ischaemic bowel. She was found on the floor of her room with a prolapse containing approximately 80cm of n…
47y · Male·Pneumonia
Steven Pimblett, 47, with mild intellectual disability, died of pneumonia at home. A home care worker noticed significant health deterioration over two months—inability to walk, laboured breathing, swollen feet—and suspe…
63y · Male·Complications of disseminated tumour (primary site unknown)
Terence Joseph Roadley, aged 63, died from complications of disseminated carcinoma with unknown primary site in a palliative care setting. He had intellectual disability and was under state care via a Supervised Treatmen…
32y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with severe cerebral palsy as underlying condition
Ella Hitchen was a 32-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, quadraplegia, intellectual disability, vision impairment, epilepsy and dysphagia who died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a PEG tube inserted in 2011 du…
49y · Female·Coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of pulmonary valve replacement fo…
Carol Rae Street, age 49, died at Royal Melbourne Hospital on 13 September 2025, three days after undergoing percutaneous pulmonary valve insertion for pulmonary regurgitation related to tetralogy of fallot. She was foun…
45y · Male·Natural causes - cardiac arrest, most likely secondary to severe tardive dyskine…
Mark Andrew Burnside, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic mental illness, died of natural causes on 7 November 2001 at Royal Perth Hospital. He had been prescribed thioridazine (Mellaril) for appro…
52y · Female·Presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy)
Mariza Beretta, a 52-year-old woman with Trisomy 21 and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, died from presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy) at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was diagnosed with genetic general…
76y · Male·Hypothermia and multiorgan failure complicating compound left tibia and fibula f…
Leslie Roberts, a 76-year-old man with intellectual disability under DHHS care, died from hypothermia and multiorgan failure following a compound fracture of the left tibia and fibula sustained in a fall at home. He was …
66y · Female·Complications of pulmonary fibrosis and bronchiectasis in a woman with cerebral …
Linda Stanton, a 66-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, pulmonary fibrosis, and bronchiectasis, died from complications of her lung disease. She had required six hospital presentations between December 2015 and August 20…
49y · Female·Unascertained (natural)
Miriam Ralph, a 49-year-old woman with intellectual disability, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease, and asthma, died at a disability services facility following a choking episode and acute respiratory distress. She ha…
27y · Male·Asphyxia due to drowning
A 27-year-old man with intellectual disability and alcohol addiction drowned in Wodonga Creek after consuming significant alcohol throughout the day. Despite being a strong swimmer, he entered intoxicated water, stumbled…
20y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Corey McGeary, a 20-year-old remand prisoner with chronic risk factors for self-harm (history of suicide attempts, schizophrenia, personality disorder, severe childhood abuse, mild intellectual disability), died by hangi…
72y · Male·Drowning following a traumatic closed head injury due to a fall down an embankme…
Robert John Robinson, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, died from drowning following a traumatic head injury sustained when he fell from an unfenced embankment into a creek at Rose Bay Park. He fell approxi…
66y · Female·Ischaemic brainstem stroke
Margaret Ann Day, a 66-year-old Specialist Disability Accommodation resident with undifferentiated hereditary ataxia, intellectual disability, and dysphagia, presented to the Emergency Department on 26 November 2024 with…
39y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating acute upper airway obstruction by …
Bartosz Zgadzaj, a 39-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to acute airway obstruction from a food bolus. He choked while eating unsupervised …
45y · Male·choking on food
Richard Mann, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability and psychiatric illness residing in an institutional setting (Strathmont Centre infirmary), died from choking on food. Critical failures in observation and mon…
52y · Male·Gastric adenocarcinoma
Dimitrios Alexandrou, a 52-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and drug-resistant epilepsy, died from gastric adenocarcinoma. He presented in July 2021 with weight loss and reduced appetite;…
59y · Female·Sepsis in a woman with epilepsy, cerebral palsy and haemochromatosis
A 59-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability died of sepsis from a urinary tract infection (urosepsis) caused by E. coli and Proteus mirabilis. She had four hospital presentations in the…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
A 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was a resident of a group home requiring 24-hour care. She presented to hospi…
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