10 results for “behavioral support needs”
28y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a truck on the M1 Pacific Motorway
Rachel Martin, a 28-year-old SNAP support worker and pregnant woman, died attempting to prevent harm to a high-needs child (Riley) during respite c…
21y · Male·unascertained
…tients with his complex constellation of severe mental illness, intellectual disability, and challenging behavioral needs.
15y · Female·hypoxic brain damage due to multiple drug toxicity
…exual assault. Gordon House youth workers provided residential care but lacked capacity to manage her high needs or enforce house rules effectively. Earlier medical intervention when she was first observed in altered co…
72y · Male·ischaemic heart disease on a background of end-stage renal failure and frontotem…
… while on a Level 3 Inpatient Treatment Order at Oakden Mental Health's Makk House. He had complex medical needs including diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and required haemodialysis. His dementia caused exe…
15y · Male·asphyxiation by hanging
…s recommended involuntary admission which was deemed impractical. A psychologist provided community-based support instead. The coroner found that while Cody's suicide was not reasonably foreseeable and no single act or …
14y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
…epartment of Child Safety care following his father's physical assault. He had a longstanding history of behavioral difficulties, ADHD, depression, and substance use (chroming, marijuana, amphetamines). The Department fa…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained as passengers in a motor vehicle collision
Four teenagers died when a 14-year-old boy drove a stolen vehicle at excessive speed (111-128 km/h in a 70 km/h zone) through suburban Townsville, losing control at a roundabout and crashing. The vehicle disintegrated, e…
70y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia, associated with Huntington's disease
…e withdrawal syndrome causing agitation and increased aspiration risk, insufficient fluid and nutritional support, poor pressure area management, and delayed medical review when her condition deteriorated. The coroner f…
42y · Male·Drowning
…d man with Prader-Willi syndrome and obsessive-compulsive tendencies drowned at Phillip Island while on a supported holiday organised by Wesley Mission. The coroner found that planning for the four-client holiday with t…
78y · Female·cardiorespiratory failure, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease together wit…
Barbara Francis, a 78-year-old resident with dementia at Pearl Supported Care in the dementia unit (Dinah), was punched by another resident (Mr A) on 4 September 2018 and fell …
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