139 results for “cognitive decline”
28y · Female·Cerebral x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
… causes. She had experienced progressive deterioration from late 2022, with increasing neuropathic pain, cognitive decline, hallucinations, and visual loss. Her care involved palliative services, medication trials inclu…
89y · Male·ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with aspiratio…
…lted from the natural progression of multiple chronic conditions in an elderly resident with significant cognitive and physical decline.
83y · Female·meningitis with sepsis with the likely source of infection being a large and dee…
…ect was reckless, resulting from ignorance and failure to act in Ms Atkins' best interests despite clear cognitive decline.
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
Linda Snadden, a 62-year-old woman with cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hy…
60y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating Down syndrome
…ase highlights the natural progression of aspiration risk in patients with Down syndrome and progressive cognitive decline, and the importance of appropriate palliative care transitions in vulnerable populations with ch…
81y · Female·acute on chronic subdural haematoma
An 81-year-old woman with Lewy Body Dementia died from acute on chronic subdural haematoma following multiple falls in aged care. The nursing home had appropriately assessed her as high falls risk and implemented reasona…
5y · Male·unascertained
…ed by their father between 28-29 April 2012 in their Glen Waverley home. The father, who had experienced cognitive impairment and mood changes following a motor vehicle collision in December 2011, appears to have expose…
77y · Male·multi-organ failure due to general inanition on a background of end-stage Alzhei…
…ral inanition while subject to a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order at Repatriation General Hospital. His cognitive and physical decline was rapid following admission in October 2016. The coroner found the care provided …
44y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident
…ncerns to VicRoads, as the current voluntary self-reporting system failed to identify the older driver's cognitive impairment that manifested during this incident. Clinical lessons include the importance of substance ab…
90y · Male·acute myocardial infarction on a background of ischaemic heart disease, pneumoni…
…tory (previous bypass surgery and pacemaker) died of acute myocardial infarction following pneumonia and cognitive decline. He was admitted to hospital after falls, with documented 10kg weight loss. A myocardial infarct…
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on food. A speech pathologist assessed him as hav…
81y · Male·Open finding - unable to determine whether natural causes, exhaustion and disori…
Wilfred Arthur Barrett, an 81-year-old recluse, disappeared in May 1984 from Mount Monger, Western Australia. In the months preceding his disappearance, he was found wandering confused and disoriented on at least two occ…
81y · Male·Complications of metastatic gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma
… treatment, choosing to go home instead. A December 2024 neuropsychology assessment revealed significant cognitive impairment and major neurocognitive disorder. However, he was assessed as having adequate insight and de…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia and delirium complicating surgery for left total knee repla…
An 83-year-old man with dementia and ischaemic heart disease underwent elective left total knee replacement under spinal anaesthesia to avoid general anaesthesia, as advised by geriatrician. Despite optimal anaesthetic t…
78y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy on a background of e…
Marie Joyce Soltys, aged 78, died from aspiration pneumonia following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms in the context of end-stage Lewy Body dementia and cerebrovascular disease.…
79y · Male·Pneumonia complicating ischaemic heart disease and dementia
…include recognising delirium superimposed on dementia, managing aspiration risk in elderly patients with cognitive decline, and appropriate end-of-life decision-making in advanced dementia with multiple comorbidities.
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating inanition of dementia
…spiration pneumonia complicated by inanition (malnutrition/dehydration) at an aged care facility. He had cognitive decline from 2011, with progressive behavioural difficulties including refusal to cooperate with care ac…
74y · Male·Left cerebral ischaemic stroke caused by cerebral arterial cardioembolism
Desmond George Buckby, a 74-year-old prisoner detained under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act, suffered a massive left cerebral ischaemic stroke caused by cardioembolism while in Wolston Correctional Centre…
52y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Kenneth Dunster, a 52-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and cognitive decline, died from asphyxia due to choking on food at Millbrook Rise Rehabilitation Centre. He had a doc…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
James Robert Atkinson, aged 80, died from subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head injury. He had mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia dia…
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