562 results for “intellectual_disability”
26y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, codeine combined with lorazepam, olanzapi…
Nicholas Lopes, a 26-year-old with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin combined with benzodiazepines and antipsychotics) two days…
9y · Male·Motor vehicle accident related multi trauma
Michael Ormsby, a 9-year-old boy with severe autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability requiring constant supervision, died from multi-trauma injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. While under respite…
62y · Male·Severe congestive heart failure and ischaemic cardiomyopathy
A 62-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported residential care presented to the emergency department with breathlessness and was diagnosed with chronic heart disease and multi-organ failure. He was t…
62y · Male·Undetermined
Van Edward Caulton, a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability and serious cardiac disease (congestive cardiac failure), disappeared in 2005-2006 while living with Peter Westlund. Medical records show Caulton had con…
44y · Female·COVID-19
Ms Anne-Maree Tammy Carr, a 44-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, diabetes, and high cholesterol living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from COVID-19 pneumonia on 6 October 2024, fo…
55y · Male·Acute alcohol toxicity
Alan Wilson, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and severe alcohol addiction, died from acute alcohol toxicity in an aged care facility. Post-mortem blood alcohol concentration was 0.33%, suff…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
Anthony Mandel, a 50-year-old man with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transferred to a mental health unit, then bac…
48y · Male·Complications of an intra-cranial haemorrhage
Darren Collyer, a 48-year-old man with Sotos syndrome, intellectual disability, epilepsy and anxiety, lived in specialist disability accommodation (SDA) in Melton. On 14 December 2023, a new unfamiliar staff member trigg…
67y · Male·Metastatic gastric cancer
John Henry Hamilton, a 67-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and multiple comorbidities, died from metastatic gastric cancer in a palliative care unit. He was diagnosed with metastatic ga…
56y · Female·Cardiomegaly
Karen Frazer, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, anxiety, hypertension, and COPD, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart with biventricular hypertrophy). She was found unresponsive on the to…
36y · Male·Complications of Cerebral Palsy
Paul Hardy was a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, blindness and epilepsy who died from complications of his cerebral palsy while in palliative care. He had experienced progressive deteriorati…
68y · Male·Cardiomegaly
James Kenneth Cowl, a 68-year-old man with severe cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, schizophrenia, and intellectual disability, died suddenly from cardiomegaly while in residential care. An echocardiogram performed sh…
83y · Male·end-stage Parkinson's disease (palliated)
Raymond John Blackney, an 83-year-old man with end-stage Parkinson's disease, died in custody at Port Phillip Prison from natural causes. He had complex medical needs including dementia, intellectual disability, and mult…
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 Australia on 25 July 2002. He had r…
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. She had documented dysphagia and aspiration risk identified …
67y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis of the left leg
Kathleen Mary Savage, a 67-year-old woman with profound intellectual disability, died from pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis following a 13-day hospital admission for constipation and sepsis. She collaps…
93y · Female·Pneumonia
Joan Pauline Skillen, a 93-year-old woman with intellectual disability residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia. She had dysphagia and multiple comorbidities. Initial symptoms (milky discharge…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
Tracey Lee Cooke, a 55-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Footscray Hospital. She had five documented aspiration pneumonia episodes i…
83y · Male·Unascertained (natural causes)
Paul Henry Green, 83-year-old man with intellectual disability and multiple chronic conditions including renal failure on dialysis, was found unresponsive in his bed at a residential care facility. He had been isolating …
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 rural property driveway. He was riding unsupervised to a ne…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.