93 results for “cognitive disability”
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
Gary Desmond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in suppo…
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…
64y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with multiple comorbidities
A 64-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities died from aspiration pneumonia while in specialist disability accommodation. …
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with Down's syndrome and dementia
… January 2022, a palliative care approach was appropriately agreed with his family. He was discharged to disability accommodation but developed recurrent aspiration pneumonia and died in hospital four days later. The cas…
57y · Male·Pneumonia with contributing factors of trisomy 21 and early Alzheimer's dementia
…lzheimer's dementia, died of pneumonia at Bendigo Hospital on 11 February 2025. He resided in specialist disability accommodation and received NDIS-funded support. In early January 2025, he experienced multiple falls, ag…
56y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating seizure in a woman with trisomy 21 and Alzheim…
…d from aspiration pneumonia following a seizure while being transferred by sling from bath to bed in her disability care facility. She was transferred to hospital where imaging confirmed chest infection. The treating tea…
53y · Male·Choking on food bolus in pharynx, with Huntington's disease and coronary atheros…
Paul Joseph Milward, aged 53 with Huntington's disease causing cognitive impairment and swallowing difficulties, died from choking on a bread sandwich while unsupervised in his …
50y · Male·aspiration pneumonia (with Down syndrome as contributing condition)
Glenn Altmann, a 50-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was under palliative care in …
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
Troy Martin Foster, a 32-year-old man with intellectual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 Novem…
22y · Male·Unknown - Open Finding
Christen Lee Fogarty, a 22-year-old man with undiagnosed intellectual disability (cognitive capacity of approximately 12 years old), disappeared from his family home in Newman, Western …
61y · Male·Natural causes unascertained
…vid Evan Wild, 61 years old, died of natural causes of unascertained origin while residing in specialist disability accommodation. He had frontal temporal dementia diagnosed in 2020 and required 24/7 care. He experienced…
55y · Male·Ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
…e comorbidities including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and cardiac dysfunction, and was a specialist disability accommodation resident. He was admitted to ICU three times over several months with septic shock seconda…
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
David Orton, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacol…
64y · Male·End stage Alzheimer's Disease secondary to Trisomy 21
Gerard Richard Bailey, a 64-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, died from end-stage Alzheimer's disease at Bendigo Hospital following a series of seizures. He had recently been diagnosed with epileps…
16y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a young man diagnosed with Juvenile Huntington's Disease
Dominic Birch, a 16-year-old with Juvenile Huntington's Disease and severe cognitive and physical disabilities, died of aspiration pneumonia at Monash Medical Centre. He had been in state c…
11y · Male·Asphyxia due to crush injuries from quad bike rollover
An 11-year-old boy with moderate intellectual disability died from asphyxia due to crush injuries when an adult-sized quad bike (460cc TGB) rolled onto him on a …
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's dementia complicating Down's Syndr…
…piration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's dementia complicating Down Syndrome. She lived in specialist disability accommodation and had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia. In November 2023, she presented …
61y · Male·head injury sustained on impact by a car
Leslie Wallace Taylor, a 61-year-old man with intellectual disability who could not communicate verbally, died from head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle on Ba…
64y · Male·Complications of a cerebral tumour in the setting of multiple medical comorbidit…
Brian Troy, a 64-year-old man with profound intellectual and physical disabilities including autism, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy, died from complications of a malignant cerebral tumour. He was diagnosed in January 2020 …
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis complicating Alzheimer's dementia in setting …
…lliative care on 4 March, dying peacefully on 8 March. The coroner found no issues with care provided by disability support services or Eastern Health clinicians. Her death resulted from natural progression of multiple c…
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