Coronial

92 results for dementia with cognitive decline

SAaged care2011-03-18

Coroner's Finding: HEATH Dawn Patricia

78y · Female·Severe burns sustained while smoking

A 78-year-old woman with dementia and significant manual dexterity deficits suffered fatal burns while smoking unsupervised in an ag…

systemcommunication
VICaged care2023-05-15

Finding into death of Nickolaos Vlahos

92y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall in a man with multiple co-morbidities

A 92-year-old man with dementia, multiple comorbidities, and a documented high falls risk died from head and neck injuries sustain…

geriatric medicinesystemcommunication
SAaged care2021-11-25

Coroner's Finding: McCormack, Donald Stewart

81y · Male·pneumonia complicating surgery for left hip fracture on a background of ischaemi…

An 81-year-old man with end-stage dementia, severe frontal lobe injury, and ischaemic heart disease died from pneumonia following h…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
QLDhospital2024-06-10

SHELTON, Lester Gilmore

84y · Male·Chronic small bowel obstruction

…n transferred from prison for end-of-life care. He had a long history of multiple comorbidities including dementia, COPD, and recurrent small bowel obstruction with terminal ileitis. Following earlier hospitalisations wh…

palliative caregeriatric medicineascorbic acid
VICcommunity2021-11-29

Finding into death of Felicity Ruth Loveday

83y · Female·unascertained

… aged 83, disappeared and is presumed deceased after setting sail from Port Phillip Bay on 11 December 2019 with her son. Ms Loveday had significant medical and cognitive vulnerabilities including severe dementia, stroke…

general practicegeriatric medicinesystemdelay
VIChospital2014-05-20

Finding into death of Angela Therese Thompson

51y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia

Angela Thompson, a 51-year-old woman with Down syndrome and early-onset Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a shoulder fra…

general practicepsychiatrysystemcommunicationescitalopram
VIC2024-09-23

Finding into death of Gerard Richard Bailey

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 followin…

neurologyemergency medicinemidazolam
VICmental health2013-05-10

Finding into death of Michael Desmond McWhirter

79y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction; Underlying multiple pathologies including vascular …

79-year-old man with complex medical history (ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pacemaker, renal impairment, vascular…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinecommunicationsystemolanzapine
TASaged care2023-09-06

Coroner's Finding: Weldon, Dayle Patricia

93y · Female·Catastrophic subdural haemorrhage resulting from head strike sustained in a witn…

Dayle Patricia Weldon, a 93-year-old woman with dementia, fell in the secure suite of an aged care facility and sustained a catastrophic subdural haemorrha…

geriatric medicinegeneral practicebuprenorphine
VIChospital2025-08-21

Finding into death of Andrew William Barr

54y · Male·Complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall in man with Dow…

Andrew William Barr, a 54-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in…

orthopaedic surgerypalliative carecommunicationsystemanti-epileptic medication
VIChome2023-05-25

Finding into death of Emma Gertrude Weidemann

76y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with head and neck injuries

…eliberately set by her husband Rudolf at their home on 11 December 2019. Rudolf had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, experienced cognitive decline and paranoid delusions, and had been discharged from hospita…

oncologypsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationvenlafaxine
VIChospital2025

Finding into death of TBL

81y · Female·Multisystem failure in the setting of hyponatraemia secondary to chronic malnutr…

An 81-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, heart failure, and dementia died from multisystem failure secondary to severe malnut…

psychiatrygeneral practicesystemdelayrisperidone

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