93 results for “cognitive disability”
44y · Male·Complications following seizure on a background of acquired epilepsy; acquired b…
…97 motor vehicle accident. He had progressively deteriorated over several years with worsening epilepsy, cognitive decline, and mobility loss, requiring increasing levels of care. In his final admission, Anthony develop…
69y · Female·Effects of fire
…ephanie Rebernik, aged 69, died in a house fire in 2023. She had an acquired brain injury from 1980 with cognitive decline, poor risk identification, and a documented five-year history of unsafe fire-lighting behaviours…
65y · Female·Injuries Sustained in Motor Vehicle Collision (Pedestrian)
A 65-year-old woman with profound cognitive impairment was struck by a vehicle driven by a learner driver who was operating the motor vehicle withou…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative…
56y · Female·Pneumonia
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability died of pneumonia at her DHHS group home. She presented with vomiting and diarrhoea on 23 June, and a do…
56y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia, complicated by myocardial infarction and right heart failu…
Wayne Thomas Jamieson, a 56-year-old man with profound intellectual disability and Osteogerma Dysblastica, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by myocardial infarction and righ…
71y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
John Maltman, a 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and early Alzheimer's, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis after leaving residential care on 26 De…
57y · Male·Small bowel perforation complicating small bowel obstruction arising from intra-…
Agostino Cutugno, a 57-year-old prisoner with intellectual disability (IQ 55) and history of self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds, died from small bowel perforation complicat…
51y · Female·Aspiration in the setting of end stage down syndrome
…alus, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a choking episode while eating. The Disability Services Commissioner investigation identified critical gaps in her care: no current individualised meal…
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 hospitalisatio…
24y · Male·unascertained
…, disappeared from the Sunbury Training Centre on 23 November 1977. He had severe epilepsy, intellectual disability, and required full support for daily living including assistance with walking. He was placed on a verand…
55y · Female·smoke inhalation from domestic fire caused by unextinguished cigarette
A 55-year-old woman with a prior stroke causing physical disability, intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, diabetes and atrial fibrillation died from smoke inha…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's disease
…own syndrome and Alzheimer's disease who died from aspiration pneumonia in hospital. She had progressive cognitive and functional decline, requiring high-level residential care and assistance with feeding in specific po…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…pital on 1 November 2022 following an aspiration event. He had been a long-term resident of a Specialist Disability Accommodation facility and was an NDIS participant. His health had been declining for six years due to p…
31y · Male·Drowning
…st-flowing creek while attempting to exit his vehicle. Key clinical lessons: vulnerable individuals with cognitive impairment, mental health conditions, and substance use require heightened safeguarding; the combination…
13y · Male·unascertained
Charles Tudawali, a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy with intellectual disability (mental age 7 years) and epilepsy requiring three-daily medication, went missing on 15 December 1976 whi…
60y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis in a man with Down Syndrome
…priate escalation of care, and recognition of aspiration risk in patients with dementia and intellectual disability. Early palliative involvement and clear documentation of goals of care were appropriately managed in thi…
54y · Male·Complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall in man with Dow…
…ghts critical systemic failures: absence of a formal medical treatment decision-maker (MTDM) despite his cognitive impairment, lack of advance care planning, delayed guardianship appointment, poor communication with his…
61y · Male·aspiration pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and early onset dementia
Stephen Feltscheer, a 61-year-old man with Down syndrome and early onset dementia living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital on 25 July 2024 with a two-da…
54y · Female·COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA
Sharon Brown, a 54-year-old ward of the state with dementia, intellectual disability, and epilepsy, died from complications of dementia including aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to M…
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