130 results for “frailty”
84y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…tance to remove his firearm, expressing safety concerns about his deteriorating mental state and physical frailty. Police advised she could not surrender the gun as she was not the licence holder. She subsequently secur…
95y · Female·Acute intracranial haemorrhage
DRF, a 95-year-old woman with dementia, hearing impairment, mobility limitations, and mild cognitive impairment, died from acute intracranial haemorrhage following blunt head trauma. She had been living with her son UJN,…
70y · Male·combined effects of severe pulmonary emphysema, ischaemic heart disease and rece…
…ults between them, and failure to transfer him despite clear indicators (extreme weight loss, palliation, frailty). Staff numbers were adequate but knowledge, skills and supervision were poor. The facility was found non…
61y · Male·Pneumonia
A 61-year-old man with significant medical complexity including acquired brain injury, bronchiectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, and dysphagia died from pneumonia 26 days after receiving another resident's slow-release opioid …
86y · Male·coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis with significant conditions of fractured l…
Mr. Stanley Charles Anderson, aged 86, died at Gympie General Hospital from coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis, precipitated by injuries sustained in a fall at a nursing home. While transferring from a bath trolley to…
29y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest of undetermined cause
…ical and chemical restraint. She received 5mg droperidol IM for sedation, which was appropriate given her frailty. However, formal vital sign monitoring post-sedation was not undertaken between 07:50-08:00 hours, contra…
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
A 98-year-old woman with dementia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer that progressed to osteomyelitis while in residential aged care. The coroner identified systemic clinical…
87y · Female·Complications following a medication administration error in a woman with multip…
An 87-year-old woman died from complications of a medication administration error at an aged care facility. During transition from paper-based to electronic medication charts in December 2020, a pharmacy data entry error…
87y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest, with valvular hear…
An 87-year-old woman died following a CT-guided epidural injection at a private radiology clinic. Although she had undergone the procedure for spinal pain, the radiologist performed an epidural injection at the T12 level…
78y · Male·pneumonia with dehydration and exposure to heat as contributing factors
…wing hospital discharge. He was not accompanied by a required escort despite meeting clear criteria (age, frailty, poor English, deafness). A defective patient travel system failed to notify the receiving clinic of his …
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