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103 results for early dementia

VIC2025-07-14

Finding into death of Jennifer Mary Clayden

61y · Female·Complications of Down's syndrome, epilepsy and advanced dementia

Jennifer Clayden, 61, with Down's syndrome, epilepsy and advanced dementia, died in Specialist Disability Accommodation on 9 May 2024 from complications of her underlying condition…

general practicepalliative carebuprenorphine
SAhospital2015-08-13

Coroner's Finding: ABINETT Murray Lawrence

81y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating end stage fronto-temporal dementia on a backgr…

Murray Lawrence Abinett, aged 81, died of aspiration pneumonia complicating end-stage fronto-temporal dementia with chronic obstructive lung disease, ischaemic heart disease and chronic renal failure. He was detained…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinediagnosticrisperidone
VIChospital2015-04-23

Finding into death of Grant Phillip Scheibner

62y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with multiple comorbidities

Grant Scheibner, a 62-year-old man with severe dementia, Down's syndrome, and spina bifida occulta, died from pneumonia with multiple comorbidities. He was admit…

general medicinerespiratory medicine
VIC2024-01-25

Finding into death of Maryanne Gordon

69y · Female·Complications of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (palliated)

Maryanne Gordon, a 69-year-old woman with intellectual disability and Lewy body dementia living in NDIS-funded supported accommodation, presented with dysphagia and weight loss. Gastroscopy reve…

gastroenterologyoncology
VIChome2011-08-16

Finding into death of Luciano T

75y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head

Luciano T, a 75-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including chronic pain, depression, and delusional jealousy syndrome, shot his wife in the face and then fatally shot himself. He had been under p…

psychiatryneurologyoxazepam
VIChospital2014-03-27

Finding into death of Lee Isabell Mills

52y · Female·Renal Failure Complicating Urosepsis in a Woman with Down Syndrome (Palliated)

Lee Isabell Mills, a 52-year-old woman with Down syndrome, chronic renal failure, and requiring permanent catheterisation, developed urosepsis following a urinary tract infection. She presented with back pain, fever, and…

emergency medicinegeneral medicineparacetamol
SAaged care2016-08-22

Coroner's Finding: SCHULZ Bertha Anna

89y · Female·Multiple organ failure with cachexia on a background of chronic lower limb ulcer…

… following hospitalization in January 2013 for deteriorating ulcers and behavioral changes concerning for dementia. Despite consideration of amputation, conservative wound management was pursued as clinicians deemed her …

geriatric medicinegeneral medicine
VIChospital2026-02-24

Finding into death of Julie Anne White

59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…

…ons of pseudo-obstruction following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and chronic bowel dysmotility. Admitted July 2024 with abdominal distension, …

general surgerypalliative care
WA2015-03-17

Inquest into the Death of Thomas Francis LEVINGE

73y · Male·Unknown (possibly impact with water, drowning, injury, exhaustion, dehydration, …

…her than explicit complaints. The deceased had undiagnosed memory loss that distressed him deeply, feared dementia given family history, but did not discuss concerns with his long-term doctor. Early identification of cog…

diagnostictemazepam
VIChome2019-08-21

Finding into death of Leslie Hawkins

57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…

Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a su…

geriatric medicinepalliative carehydromorphone
NSWaged care2023-07-14

Inquest into the death of William John Torrens

73y · Male·unknown

A 73-year-old man with dementia and frontal lobe impairments disappeared from a nursing home on 5 January 2018; his remains were discover…

geriatric medicinegeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationsertraline
VIChospital2010-03-05

Finding into death of Jock Allan Adams

68y · Male·Pneumonia due to bowel obstruction due to follicular lymphoma

…llan Adams, a 68-year-old man imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison with a history of diabetes, schizophrenia, early dementia and follicular lymphoma (treated with chemotherapy), was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital on 7 D…

general surgeryoncology
VICaged care2020-11-05

Finding into death of Sylvia Valerie Woolford

88y · Female·Complications of fractured neck of femur

An 88-year-old woman with advanced dementia died from complications following a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall caused by another residen…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystem
SAaged care2012-12-13

Coroner's Finding: Kruger Mary Patricia

69y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating intracranial tumour (meningioma with obstructive h…

…th was preventable. During a November 2006 hospital admission for urinary tract infection, a diagnosis of dementia was inappropriately recorded without proper diagnostic workup, despite the treating GP's documented view …

general practiceneurologydiagnosticcommunicationcarbidopa
WAcommunity2020-06-03

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Wilfred Arthur BARRETT

81y · Male·Open finding - unable to determine whether natural causes, exhaustion and disori…

…using motorcycles over four days, no trace of Mr. Barrett was ever found. The coroner concluded he died in early May 1984, likely from natural causes, exhaustion, or accidental fall into a mineshaft while prospecting in…

TAShospital2020

Coroner's Finding: Bond, Johnathon Lee

51y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (amisulpride, diazepam and mirtazapine)

A 51-year-old man with schizophrenia, depression and early dementia died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (amisulpride, diazepam, mirtazapine) after a deliberat…

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemdelayamisulpride
TASaged care2016-12-19

Coroner's Finding: Cobham, David Alexander

84y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following rhabdomyolysis due to entrapment of his right arm…

David Cobham, aged 84 with dementia, died on 23 April 2015 from aspiration pneumonia following rhabdomyolysis caused by prolonged entrapment …

geriatric medicinegeneral medicinecommunicationsystem
SAhospital2016-05-05

Coroner's Finding: FALKENBERG Malcolm David

77y · Male·septic shock due to cellulitis of the left forearm

Malcolm Falkenberg, a 77-year-old man with dementia, died from septic shock due to cellulitis of the left forearm. He had been living independently with decl…

geriatric medicineemergency medicinediagnosticdelayantibiotics
VIChospital2018-09-13

Finding into death of Andrew Bond

47y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome

…natural causes, and acknowledged that recurrent small aspirations with secretion retention in progressive dementia represents a natural endpoint.

geriatric medicinepalliative careamoxicillin/clavulanate
NSWhospital2015-10-28

Inquest into the death of Michael NELSON

62y · Male·multiple co-morbidities including dementia, Parkinson's disease, undernourishmen…

Michael Nelson, 62, died at Westmead Hospital on 3 May 2014 with multiple comorbidities including early-onset dementia, Parkinson's disease, neck dystonia (torticollis), and undernourishment. He presented to ED…

emergency medicineneurologymedicationcommunicationmidazolam

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