94y · Male·pneumonia on a background of severe dementia
…ridden. The coroner found that weight loss and limited oral intake were typical of end-of-life decline in advanced dementia and did not contribute to death. The care provided at the facility was deemed appropriate. No cl…
86y · Female·Hypostatic pneumonia due to the consequences of a right pubic rami fracture and …
An 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia and frailty suffered an unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility. Initial assessment failed to…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…ed to his death. The death resulted from natural causes precipitated by the fall, surgery, and underlying advanced cancer causing frailty and cachexia.
78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…
…ant underlying medical conditions: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, malnutrition with cachexia, and frailty. She was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital for palliative care and died 3 days post-injury. The coroner f…
73y · Male·Metastatic colon cancer
…room on 9 August 2024 with signs of infection and anaemia, prompting hospital admission. Imaging revealed advanced colorectal cancer with hepatic and pulmonary metastases. Following multidisciplinary discussion involving…
88y · Male·General frailty and inanition; antecedent conditions: chronic cardiac and renal …
…Jones, aged 88, died in custody at Kevin Waller Aged Care Unit, Long Bay Correctional Centre from general frailty and inanition due to chronic cardiac and renal failure and diabetes. The coroner found he received approp…
77y · Male·Complications of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, likely urothelial origin
… Multiple specialist reviews (urology, oncology) determined he was unsuitable for systemic therapy due to frailty and dementia, with palliative care recommended. He was appropriately managed in the palliative care setti…
96y · Female·Decompensated frailty syndrome following right femoral neck fracture from fall
Margaret Wood, a 96-year-old resident of St Ann's aged care facility, died from decompensated frailty syndrome following a fall that resulted in a right femoral neck fracture. She was a frail elderly woman w…
100y · Female·frailty and fracture of the right neck of femur
…r. Despite orthopaedic surgery, her condition declined post-operatively and she died on 30 June 2022 from frailty and the hip fracture. The coroner identified that her chair sensor did not activate before the fall, whic…
91y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (passenger)
…r found no mechanical fault with the vehicle and no evidence Mr St Clair was unfit to drive. Although his advanced age raised questions about older driver safety and susceptibility to serious injury in crashes, the coron…
67y · Male·hypothermia
… He exhibited paradoxical undressing and confused behaviour typical of hypothermia. Risk factors included advanced age, living alone, pre-existing disease (severe heart disease found at autopsy), alcoholism, and ambient …
94y · Female·Complications of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast in a woman with deme…
A 94-year-old woman with advanced dementia and metastatic breast cancer died from complications of her malignancy. She presented repeatedly…
90y · Male·Complications following aspiration of food
Donald Walter Thoms, 90 years old with intellectual disability and high aspiration risk, died from complications following aspiration of food while in specialist disability residential care. He was on a pureed diet and t…
84y · Male·Chronic small bowel obstruction
…with terminal ileitis. Following earlier hospitalisations where colonoscopy was deemed inadvisable due to frailty and unsuitability for major surgery, he was managed conservatively and palliatively from April 2022 onwar…
73y · Female·Open finding - either natural death from medical conditions (hypertension, angin…
Yilmbut Umbul, a 73-year-old Aboriginal woman living at Walmbie Camp near Kalumburu Mission, disappeared in early March 1982. She was frail, with a history of hypertension, angina requiring daily medication, and document…
86y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash and p…
…, diabetes, hypertension and polycythaemia rubra vera. His hospital course was complicated by progressive frailty, deconditioning, decreased oral intake, and terminal delirium. He died on 27 May 2024 from aspiration pne…
83y · Male·cholangiocarcinoma on a background of advanced dementia and ischaemic valvular a…
Joseph McKenna, 83 years old, died of cholangiocarcinoma with advanced dementia and cardiac disease at an aged care facility where he was detained under a guardianship order. H…
73y · Female·fractured neck of femur (operated) on a background of Alzheimer's dementia
…plications of a fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall at her aged care facility, on a background of advanced Alzheimer's dementia. She had suffered two hip fractures within one year, both requiring surgery. Her fam…
90y · Male·Sepsis in the setting of cachexia in a man with multiple comorbidities
…with sepsis suspected secondary to urinary tract infection, colonic pathology, and subsequently diagnosed advanced prostate cancer. He was severely malnourished (BMI 13.5) with multiple comorbidities. Despite initial res…
81y · Male·Consequences of bowel obstruction
Ronald Turner, an 81-year-old man in lawful custody, died from consequences of bowel obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had a history of recurrent sigmoid volvulus despite previous surgery. On 22 January 2020, he …
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