125 results for “aggression”
80y · Male·General inanition due to advanced Alzheimer's dementia
… psychological symptoms of dementia, requiring multiple Mental Health Act treatment orders due to severe aggression. After transfer to nursing care in November 2014, he continued to decline physically and cognitively. In…
70y · Male·combined effects of severe pulmonary emphysema, ischaemic heart disease and rece…
A 70-year-old man with severe COPD, dementia and a history of sexually inappropriate behaviour died following an assault by another resident with dementia. The coroner found institutional failures in care standards inclu…
85y · Male·end stage dementia
…tal Health Act at Noarlunga Hospital. He had experienced progressive dementia since 2013 with increasing aggression, requiring multiple hospital admissions and escalating management including physical restraints and chem…
89y · Female·Blunt force head injury on a background of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
…ith alcohol-related dementia in an aged care facility. The resident had a documented history of physical aggression, verbal abuse, wandering, and absconding over 19 months. He was transferred from a secure to non-secure …
67y · Female·disseminated adenocarcinoma of the colon
… developed multiple cerebral metastases causing marked behavioural changes (irritability, disinhibition, aggression). She was appropriately placed on Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Orders to enable treatment and p…
34y · Male·Neck compression due to hanging
…cation between staff and family. Documentation was inadequate, and risk factors (recent suicide attempt, aggression, mood changes) were underappreciated. Preventable clinical failures included lack of formal risk assessm…
65y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced fronto-temporal dementia
…ssive decline from 2002, with formal diagnosis in 2013, complicated by seizures, stroke, and behavioural aggression requiring escalating levels of care. He was managed under a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order …
34y · Male·Complications of head injury sustained in motorcycle crash
…xication (0.4 mg/L) at the time of driving. Expert evidence indicated the drug caused impaired judgment, aggression, and risk-taking behaviour that precipitated the crash. The deceased sustained severe head injury with s…
96y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced dementia, chronic congestive cardi…
Colin Pryor Tucker, aged 96, died of general inanition on a background of advanced dementia, chronic congestive cardiac failure and pneumonia at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with urinary retention, acut…
90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, vascular dementia, ischaemic heart disease, congestive car…
…rienced progressive behavioural deterioration related to his advancing dementia, requiring management of aggression with antipsychotic and sedative medications. In his final days, he declined medications for cardiac fail…
78y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
…nvoluntary psychiatric detention. He had advanced mixed dementia with severe behavioural disturbance and aggression requiring multiple hospitalisations. His condition progressively declined with development of acute rena…
38y · Female·multiple stab injuries to the chest and abdomen
A 38-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her former partner, Bradley Carolus, in May 2010. Three days before the homicide, Carolus had been apprehended by police under mental health legislation following a volatile epi…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia and delirium complicating surgery for left total knee repla…
…atrician. Despite optimal anaesthetic technique, he developed post-operative delirium with agitation and aggression, requiring a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He subsequently developed aspiration pneumonia…
74y · Female·Fractures of the legs, with terminal palliative care, in an elderly lady with mu…
Ms Papanastasiou, a 74-year-old aged care resident confined to a wheelchair, died from bilateral femoral fractures sustained when she fell from her wheelchair during sudden bus braking. The wheelchair was secured using o…
30y · Female·Injuries inflicted by John Shepherd; pathological cause unable to be determined
Darlene Avis Geertsema, aged 30, disappeared from Devonport, Tasmania on 23 October 1978. The inquest concluded she died as a result of injuries inflicted by her intimate partner, John Shepherd, on the evening of her dis…
85y · Male·Traumatic head injury: severe blunt force head trauma with occipital load impact…
…n in escalating neighbour disputes, particularly involving elderly persons showing signs of agitation or aggression.
64y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia complicating Alzheimer's dementia with head injury
A 64-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from acute bronchopneumonia following a head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall. She was under a guardianship order with special powers at the time. Follow…
58y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly
…ctive disorder, was detained under the Mental Health Act on 28 July 2006 following erratic behaviour and aggression towards family and his GP. He was admitted to Flinders Medical Centre's Emergency Department at 5pm. He …
26y · Male·injuries caused by impact with the water and/or drowning, caused by fall into oc…
… a crew celebration and displayed markedly out-of-character, erratic, and irrational behaviour including aggression and violence on the bridge. Following confrontation by the captain about his intoxication, he was left a…
35y · Male·Stab wound to the back
…efence, the coroner found no systemic issues requiring recommendations but noted the death resulted from aggression and weapon use in a domestic dispute.
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