Coronial

25 results for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

SAaged care2017-04-19

Coroner's Finding: HAYDEN Phillip Maxwell

80y · Male·General inanition due to advanced Alzheimer's dementia

Phillip Maxwell Hayden, aged 80, died of general inanition due to advanced Alzheimer's dementia at a nursing home. He had been admitted to hospital in June 2014 with behavioural and psychological sympt…

geriatric medicinepsychiatrymorphine
SAhospital2022-12-22

Coroner's Finding: Hammond, Peter Joseph

66y · Male·inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating Alzheimer's deme…

Peter Joseph Hammond, aged 66, died from inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating advanced Alzheimer's dementia. He was admitted to the Acu…

geriatric medicinepsychiatry
SAhospital2020-05-28

Coroner's Finding: LOUDON John Maxwell

83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disea…

John Maxwell Loudon, 83, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disease. He was admitted to aged care in January 2017 with progressive dementia and be…

psychiatrygeriatric medicine
SAhospital2020-06-11

Coroner's Finding: SMITH Robert Duncan Strachan

85y · Male·general inanition on a background of end stage dementia

An 85-year-old man with advanced mixed fronto-temporal and Lewy body dementia died from general inanition (wasting) following progressive decline over several years. …

psychiatrygeriatric medicine
SAhospital2022-03-29

Coroner's Finding: Duthie, Norman Alec

96y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia on a background of advanced Alzheimer's dementia

Norman Alec Duthie, a 96-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer's dementia, died of hospital-acquired pneumonia following admission to Noarlunga Hospital. He was placed on a Mental…

geriatric medicinepsychiatry
SAmental health2016-09-01

Coroner's Finding: GRAETZ Clifford Ralph

82y · Male·Pneumonia on a background of severe mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia

An 82-year-old man with severe mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia died of pneumonia while detained under a Mental Health Act Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Or…

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SAhospital2020-07-09

Coroner's Finding: DUNSTAN Carole Ann (Redacted)

70y · Female·end stage dementia

Carole Ann Dunstan, a 70-year-old woman with end-stage dementia, died of natural causes at Repatriation General Hospital on 17 June 2017 while subject to a Level 3 Inpat…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinerisperidone
SAhospital2011-08-12

Coroner's Finding: PAXTON Donald Henry

83y · Male·ongoing respiratory failure from recurrent aspiration pneumonia, complicating de…

An 83-year-old man with dementia and suicidal ideation died from respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He was lawfull…

geriatric medicinepsychiatrysertraline
SAaged care2024-05-22

Coroner's Finding: Feldstein, Victoria

87y · Female·General inanition complicating mixed vascular and Alzheimer's dementia on a back…

Victoria Feldstein, 87, died of general inanition complicating mixed vascular and Alzheimer's dementia following a left humeral fracture sustained in aged care. She fell on 16 August 2020, …

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
TASaged care2024-12-18

Coroner's Finding: Martin, Shirley Dorothy

91y · Female·exacerbation of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia following sur…

Shirley Dorothy Dawn Martin, an 91-year-old with advanced Alzheimer's disease and multiple comorbidities, sustained a hip fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility on 8 Aug…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgery
VICmental health2018-09-17

Finding into death of Paquita Goldberg

87y · Female·intentional inhalation of tissue paper leading to upper airway obstruction and h…

Paquita Goldberg, an 87-year-old woman with dementia, BPSD, and paranoia, died from intentional inhalation of tissue paper while admitted to Baringa aged psyc…

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SAhospital2021-11-23

Coroner's Finding: Beahl, Raymond Saxon

81y · Male·metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma with infected necrotic sacral ulcer

…infected necrotic sacral ulcer. He was admitted to Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service with severe dementia-related behavioural disturbance (Tier 7 BPSD) and terminal cancer. Critical failures included: inappropri…

psychiatrypalliative carediagnosticcommunicationamoxicillin/clavulanate
VICmental health2015-06-16

Finding into death of John Wilfred Knight

71y · Male·Sepsis due to bronchopneumonia and sacral ulcer

…ondary to bronchopneumonia in a psychiatric inpatient unit after five months admission for frontotemporal dementia management. His complex behavioural and cognitive decline required multiple psychotropic medication trial…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineolanzapine
VICaged care2025-03-14

Finding into death of Maria Grazia Nardiello

90y · Female·Surgical repair of fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall complicated by CO…

…fall at an aged care facility, complicated by COVID-19 infection. She was pushed by another resident with dementia and aggressive behaviour, falling in a corridor. The fracture was successfully repaired surgically, but M…

geriatric medicineorthopaedic surgerysystem
SAaged care2017-05-30

Coroner's Finding: McKEEVER David Michael

69y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of ischaemic heart disease and diabetes

A 69-year-old man with dementia, ischaemic heart disease, and poorly controlled diabetes died of aspiration pneumonia in aged care. He ha…

geriatric medicinepsychiatry
VICaged care2014-07-14

Finding into death of Angelo Pettolino

92y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease

Angelo Pettolino, a 92-year-old man with vascular dementia, ischaemic heart disease, and gastro-oesophageal reflux, died of sudden cardiac death while in psycho-ger…

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VICaged care2017-12-15

Finding into death of John Barrie Hughes

72y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of chronic aspiration in a man with mixed Alzhei…

A 72-year-old man with mixed Alzheimer's and alcohol-related dementia died of bronchopneumonia secondary to chronic aspiration in a psychogeriatric faci…

geriatric medicinepsychiatryvenlafaxine
SAhospital2022-08-15

Coroner's Finding: Kelley, John Michael

83y · Male·General inanition and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage Alzheime…

An 83-year-old man with end-stage Alzheimer's dementia died from general inanition and aspiration pneumonia while subject to a Mental Health Act order in hospit…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineantibiotics
NSWhospital2022-03-11

Inquest into the death of Kelvin Forrest

53y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the first floor

Kelvin Forrest, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia, died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the first floor of Byron Central Hospital on…

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NSWcommunity2026-04-10

Inquest into the suspected death of Youliang Lin

84y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…

An 84-year-old man with Alzheimer's dementia and a history of wandering left his home on 15 September 2017 and was never found alive. The coroner dete…

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