49 results for “possible dementia”
82y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
… triple vessel coronary artery disease (previously bypass grafted), diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia died suddenly in prison from ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. The coroner found he received regu…
89y · Male·unascertained - natural causes
…h a retrospective review was completed. The case highlights challenges in managing elderly prisoners with dementia and the importance of incident reporting systems even during technical failures.
72y · Female·Pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed mechanic…
… fall at a disability support facility. She had a known history of falls, mobility problems, and probable dementia. While in hospital, there was a delayed identification of her C4-C6 spinal injury (approximately two week…
61y · Male·Pneumonia
Kenneth Morrison, a 61-year-old man with Down's syndrome, dementia and multiple comorbidities, died from pneumonia following hospitalisation at Casey Hospital in March 2008…
93y · Male·general inanition on a background of cognitive impairment, congestive cardiac fa…
A 93-year-old man with dementia, heart failure, and chronic renal disease died of general inanition following a hip fracture sustained in…
73y · Male·dehydration and hyperthermia
A 73-year-old man with mild dementia resident in aged care wandered from the facility on a hot day (31°C+) while taking three medications with…
79y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumonia and bleeding duodenal ulcer complicating su…
A 79-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and dementia fell at home, sustaining a left hip fracture requiring surgery. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-a…
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
…r cirrhosis from chronic alcohol use, developed hepatic encephalopathy and cognitive impairment including possible Korsakoff syndrome. Despite SAT guardianship orders and hospital care, he repeatedly discharged himself a…
84y · Male·Urinary tract infection in a man with Parkinson's disease
An 84-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and dementia died from urinary tract infection with sepsis while incarcerated. On 3 November 2021, he developed fever …
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…
81y · Male·cardiac arrest following neck compression due to hanging
…ear-old man with a history of alcohol dependence, paranoid delusions regarding his wife's infidelity, and possible vascular dementia was admitted to mental health facilities involuntarily after discharging a firearm at h…
Unknown·unknown - cause of death could not be determined
…mine cause of death, rejecting the investigating officer's suicide theory while acknowledging it remained possible, alongside accidental death or foul play.
78y · Male·Not determined - no remains found, no postmortem examination possible
Luis Fernandez, 78, was reported missing on 1 January 2019 after last being seen on 28 December 2018 near Glenfield station. The coroner found he is now deceased but cannot determine the place, cause, or manner of death …
87y · Female·closed traumatic head injury from a fall at standing height; significant contrib…
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and diabetes sustained a fatal closed head injury from a fall in her aged ca…
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
…rogression of multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, dementia) complicated by hospitalisation. While the hospital-acquired pneumonia itself did not suggest neglect, sy…
64y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to paracetamol toxicity
…ted with nonspecific symptoms (lethargy, falls, acute deterioration) that were misattributed to his known dementia and psychogenic polydipsia. By presentation to hospital on day of death, he had irreversible severe renal…
80y · Male·Drowning
An 80-year-old man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and probable vascular dementia died by drowning after leaving a psychiatric ward. He was appropriately treated with ECT, medication, and…
72y · Female·undetermined
Stella Hamilton, 72, died at Ozcare Malanda aged care facility on 31 July 2016. She had advanced Alzheimer disease, undiagnosed necrotising bronchopneumonia, and coronary atherosclerosis. She was receiving palliative car…
Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Bernard Gore, a man with Alzheimer's dementia, entered a fire stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center in Sydney on 6 January 2017 and bec…
85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…
Moira McCarthy, an 85-year-old woman with dementia and multiple comorbidities requiring high-level aged care nursing, sustained a fall on 24 April 2013 when…
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