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. He was hospitalis…
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…
84y · Male·ischaemic heart disease on a background of advanced Lewy body dementia
An 84-year-old man with Lewy body dementia died from ischaemic heart disease while detained under a Mental Health Act order. He was admitted to hosp…
70y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced frontotemporal dementia
Brian Kennedy, aged 70, died of general inanition on a background of advanced frontotemporal dementia while subject to a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He was admitted to Flinders Medical Centr…
54y · Female·COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA
Sharon Brown, a 54-year-old ward of the state with dementia, intellectual disability, and epilepsy, died from complications of dementia including aspiration pneumoni…
75y · Female·general inanition and pneumonia on a background of end-stage dementia
75-year-old woman with end-stage mixed dementia (vascular and Alzheimer's) died from general inanition and pneumonia. She was detained under a Mental Hea…
94y · Male·pneumonia on a background of severe dementia
Alfred Henry Cooper, a 94-year-old man with severe dementia, died of pneumonia at a nursing home where he was detained under a Guardianship Board order. His daughter…
73y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following advanced dementia
Rodney Kirk, aged 73, died of aspiration pneumonia following advanced dementia at the Roy Fagan Centre in February 2021. He had been cared for in this specialist facility since October…
62y · Female·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
Merilyn Jane Fort, aged 62, died from general inanition on a background of end-stage Alzheimer's dementia whilst subject to a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order. She presented with severe behavioural di…
78y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
Murray Franklin, aged 78, died of general inanition from end-stage dementia whilst under involuntary psychiatric detention. He had advanced mixed dementia with severe behavioural di…
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents, significantly contributed to by advanced dementi…
… of gastric contents while residing at Roy Fagan Centre, a residential aged care facility for people with dementia. He had advanced dementia, emphysema, and severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He experienced m…
75y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia in the setting of blunt force head injury
…hyxiation in July 2019 after being struck by her husband MW, who then took his own life. EW had advancing dementia and severe mobility limitations, with MW as her sole carer. The coroner found that assessments by aged ca…
78y · Female·advanced dementia (end stage)
Mrs Lorraine Ashton, aged 78, died of advanced dementia (end stage) at Repatriation General Hospital on 23 September 2017. She had Primary Progressive Aphasia di…
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…
84y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following advanced multifactorial dementia
Laurence Bishop, an 84-year-old man with advanced multifactorial dementia (Alzheimer's and vascular dementia), died of aspiration pneumonia at a specialised aged care facility. He…
78y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage (bilateral) and occipital fracture
A 78-year-old man with vascular and Alzheimer's dementia died from bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage and occipital fracture sustained when he forcefully opened a…
91y · Female·dementia complicated by subdural haemorrhage
A 91-year-old woman with advanced dementia under guardianship order died from dementia complicated by subdural haemorrhage. She sustained a fall at …
79y · Male·combined cardiac, respiratory and renal failure as terminal events on a backgrou…
Graham Douglas Brown, a 79-year-old man with end-stage dementia, died at Noarlunga Hospital from combined cardiac, respiratory and renal failure. He was subject to a Lev…
77y · Female·general inanition on a background of dementia, chronic subdural haematoma and ri…
Mrs Ann Perkins, aged 77, died from general inanition with dementia, chronic subdural haematoma, and fractured neck of femur as contributing factors. She sustained an unwitn…
71y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage mixed pattern dementia and acute …
Bryan Robert Hall, age 71, died from general inanition secondary to end-stage mixed dementia and acute renal failure while under a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order at Repatriation General Hospital.…
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