562 results for “intellectual_disability”
58y · Male·Complications of community-acquired pneumonia, in a man with chronic lung diseas…
Adrian Phillips, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic lung disease (emphysema, bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, asthma), died from community-acquired pneumonia caused by MRSA and Rhinovirus. He prese…
66y · Female·Pneumonia (with Trisomy 21 and dementia as contributing conditions)
Voula Hristeas, a 66-year-old woman with Down syndrome, dementia, and intellectual disability, died of pneumonia on 31 March 2024 at her supported disability accommodation home. She had been admitted to hospital on 21 Fe…
69y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis
Robert Dosser, a 69-year-old man with intellectual disability, chronic aspiration, dysphagia, and frontotemporal dementia, died from aspiration pneumonitis. He was in specialist disability accommodation when he developed…
49y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy
Ms Sheryl Yvonne Martell, a 49-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to hospital on 21 June 2010 after vomiting a…
52y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
A 52-year-old man with autism, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities died from pulmonary thromboembolism at home. He developed respiratory symptoms on 24 March, was managed in primary care with telehealth a…
36y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy
Troy Downey, a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe dysphagia managed via PEG tube, died from bilateral pneumonia. He developed a cough on 26 January 2017, examined by locum GP who fou…
45y · Male·small bowel obstruction due to plastic bag bezoar
Anthony Toscano, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability residing in supported accommodation, died from small bowel obstruction caused by a plastic bag bezoar. He presented with vomiting on 20 August 2015 and was …
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Dale Roberts, a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and severe dysphasia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Box Hill Hospital. He was admitted with aspiration pneumo…
31y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability and epilepsy (palliat…
Cameron James Stewart, a 31-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia at Maroondah Hospital. Following a COVID-19 infection in December 2023, …
21y · Male·unascertained
Samaan Salah Tilmiz Elsamin, a 21-year-old with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, moderate-to-severe intellectual disability (IQ 57), and unpredictable violent behavior, died on 9 November 2022 at Joondalup Health Campu…
44y · Male·aspiration and intellectual disability
Andrew Wilson, a 44-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, asthma, and severe scoliosis, died from aspiration in a community residential unit. He had been prescribed a laxative and enema for constipation af…
53y · Female·Pneumonia
Patricia Elizabeth Davidson, aged 53, died of pneumonia on 1 October 2024 at Sunshine Hospital. She was a resident in Specialist Disability Accommodation with Parkinson's disease, intellectual disability, autism, epileps…
45y · Male·stab injury to the chest
Paul Kenneth Wright, aged 45, died from a stab wound to the chest inflicted in self-defence by Beau Muscat on 16 September 2021. Paul had an extensive custodial history, acquired brain injury, and intellectual disability…
54y · Female·choking on a food bolus in a woman with an intellectual disability and other med…
Tracie Lyndal Markwick, a 54-year-old woman with intellectual disability and dysphagia, died from choking on food at her day placement centre. She had a documented mealtime management plan indicating mild-to-moderate cho…
37y · Female·Unascertained
Fiona McBurney, 37, with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, Type 1 diabetes, and epilepsy, died at Helen Schutt House, a residential care facility, in June 2009. She was found deceased by care staff the morning afte…
13y · Male·unascertained
Charles Tudawali, a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy with intellectual disability (mental age 7 years) and epilepsy requiring three-daily medication, went missing on 15 December 1976 while mustering horses in remote Kimberley …
71y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
John Maltman, a 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and early Alzheimer's, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis after leaving residential care on 26 December 2017. He was reported missing after 24 hours and…
48y · Male·sepsis in the setting of aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction
Wayne David Baldi, a 48-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in supported care, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction. He presented to hospital with abdom…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative care in hospital. He had multiple episodes …
59y · Female·Unascertained (natural)
A 59-year-old woman with profound intellectual disability and cerebral palsy died in hospital from unascertained natural causes. She had been a state ward since infancy, living in a group home. On 2 July, staff noted let…
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