520 results for “dementia”
92y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of inappropriate administration of antihy…
Norma Bensley, a 92-year-old aged care resident, died from ischaemic heart disease after being inadvertently administered another resident's antihypertensive medications. A newly qualified nurse administered the wrong me…
85y · Female·Coronary artery disease and heat exposure
An 85-year-old woman with coronary artery disease was admitted to a low-care supported residential service following bowel surgery. She was frail, hard of hearing, wore spectacles, and showed signs of confusion and distr…
86y · Female·Sepsis complicating sacral decubitus ulceration in the setting of recent surgica…
Mrs Di Quinzio, an 86-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities, was discharged from hospital to a supported residential service (SRS) after hip fracture surgery. She required two-person assistance for mobility and was …
Unknown·Choking; Mr Gesios: large bolus of bread and scrambled eggs causing complete air…
Two aged care residents died from choking on bread despite being prescribed minced and moist diets that prohibited regular bread. Mr Gesios was fed bread dipped in Milo by an inexperienced AIN without adequate supervisio…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
Gordon Charles Smith, 91, died from multi-organ failure due to severe malnutrition (inanition) complicating prolonged delirium of unknown cause at Repatriation General Hospital on 30 July 2014. He had been admitted volun…
69y · Male·septic shock due to infected decubitus ulcers complicated by osteomyelitis
A 69-year-old man with Parkinson's disease died from septic shock caused by infected pressure ulcers (stage 4 decubitus ulcers with osteomyelitis) that developed in aged care. Pressure sores appeared within 31 days of ad…
69y · Female·Asphyxiation consistent with hanging
A 69-year-old woman admitted to Hornsby Hospital with seizures and subacute encephalopathy developed rapidly fluctuating mental state including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and cognitive impairment. While indi…
87y · Female·Terminal exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; antecedent cause…
Maureen 'Kitty' McDonald, 87, died from terminal exacerbation of COPD with an antecedent sacral pressure wound infection. She was admitted to residential aged care in October 2020 with a stage-two sacral pressure injury …
89y · Male·combination of biochemical consequences of colonic pseudo-obstruction and faecal…
An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including previous colon cancer died from faecal impaction and stercoral colitis. He resided in a residential aged care facility (RACF) where staff failed to recognize that …
75y · Male·Unascertainable due to advanced decomposition; likely lung cancer
…ranged home visits, he refused assistance after becoming paranoid, possibly from alcohol effects or early dementia. Silver Chain notified the hospital they were withdrawing care, but Royal Perth Hospital did not follow u…
83y · Female·Combined effects of severe malnutrition and infection (septicaemia secondary to …
Mrs Clark, 83, died from severe malnutrition and infection including septicaemia from an infected sacral pressure ulcer that had existed for 7 months. She was admitted to hospital in a deplorable state with severe pressu…
86y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of sacral pressure ulcer
An 86-year-old man died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis from a stage 4 sacral pressure ulcer after 61 days in a regional hospital. Critical failures included delayed pressure injury risk assessment (7 days overdue…
71y · Female·undetermined
71-year-old woman found dead in unusual position at Brighton aged care facility. Her body was positioned with head resting against bed pole, with marks on neck and bruising observed by carers. The death was certified as …
75y · Female·pyelonephritis and pneumonia
Molly Jessie Smith, a 75-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, died of pyelonephritis and pneumonia on 16 August 2009. She had been in state psychiatric care continuously for 53 years. During her final …
42y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…hile in an unwell mental state. She experienced significant psychosocial stressors including her mother's dementia in Sydney, financial difficulties, and health concerns. After rapid mental deterioration, she was admitte…
86y · Male·Cardiac arrest triggered by electrolyte imbalance and sepsis secondary to compli…
An 86-year-old man with significant comorbidities died in a low-care nursing home from complications of an incarcerated umbilical hernia with bowel ischaemia, sepsis, and cardiac arrhythmia. His GP examined him briefly (…
81y · Male·Carcinoid tumour (metastasis) / metastatic cancer
Donald Richard Gunthorpe, an 81-year-old man with metastatic rectal carcinoma, was appropriately transitioned to end-of-life (palliative) care at a residential aged care facility after hospitalisation for abdominal pain.…
29y · Male·severe burns sustained in motor vehicle fire following collision
29-year-old Benjamin Wilton was killed in a horrific car fire following a rear-end collision with a vehicle driven by 67-year-old Robert Spencer on a Darwin highway. Spencer had suffered a stroke in 2003 with residual co…
73y · Male·Acute intracranial haemorrhage, due to or as a consequence of coagulopathy, due …
Mr Stimpson, a 73-year-old man, died from massive intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to coagulopathy caused by inadvertent double administration of anticoagulants (Clexane and Xarelto). He developed bilateral pulmonary …
smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
Fourteen elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly i…
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