562 results for “intellectual_disability”
63y · Female·Aspiration event in the setting of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and …
Kerry Patricia Johnston, a 63-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and bowel cancer, died from aspiration on 26 December 2022 at Mildura Base Hospital. She had been discharged four days earlier fo…
17y · Male·Epilepsy with contributing factors of cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
Taner Kirim, a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and poorly controlled epilepsy, died in his sleep at a residential care facility. He was in out-of-home care through the Department of Human Service…
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
Trudi Newman, a 41-year-old woman with intellectual disability, resided in Department of Human Services special accommodation. On 4 April 2012, she returned from day placement unwell and was admitted to Bendigo Hospital,…
71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability
A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with multiple previous aspiration episodes d…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in a man with in…
A 59-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, and visual impairment died from aspiration pneumonia and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction complicated by COVID-19. He presented to the ED febrile with elevate…
60y · Female·Renal carcinoma
Gladys Vincent, a 60-year-old woman with intellectual disability residing in disability services, died from renal carcinoma. She had been diagnosed with kidney cancer two years prior and was under palliative care through…
69y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with intellectual disability
Elizabeth Geiger, a 69-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in a disability group home, died from aspiration pneumonia after presenting with constipation. She was seen by her GP on 24 July 2017 who examined…
38y · Female·unascertained, likely natural causes
Dianne Rose Guthrie, a 38-year-old woman with intellectual disability secondary to childhood head injury and myotonic dystrophy, died at a residential disability facility. She was found unresponsive on 5 March 2009 and r…
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with septic shock in a man with severe intellectual disabil…
George Manos was a 53-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in state-funded shared accommodation. His condition—severe disability affecting swallowing and communication—predisposed him to aspiration pne…
73y · Male·Metastatic colon cancer
Francesco Fogliaro, a 73-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic colon cancer. He was found on the floor of his bedroom on 9 August 2024 with signs of infection a…
50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
Vicki Maree Hay, a 50-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital with severe vomiting following two weeks of outpatient GP treatment for lower respirator…
55y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with Down Syndrome
Glenn Thomas King, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, asthma, bronchiectasis and recurrent chest infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia. He was treated by his general practitioner …
56y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia, complicated by myocardial infarction and right heart failu…
Wayne Thomas Jamieson, a 56-year-old man with profound intellectual disability and Osteogerma Dysblastica, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by myocardial infarction and right heart failure. He was admitted to h…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability
Kerri Michelle Moore, a 55-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and progressive neurological deficit, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted with status epilepticus, treated with antibiotics a…
73y · Female·Complications of Dementia in a Woman with an Intellectual Disability and Epileps…
Ms W, a 73-year-old woman with intellectual disability, dementia, and epilepsy, was found unresponsive in her wheelchair and died from complications of her dementia. She had been in supported accommodation for 14 years a…
56y · Female·Malnutrition arising from refusal of oral intake in a setting of palliation with…
Robyn Wanstall, a 56-year-old woman with phenylketonuria, intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and suspected multiple myeloma with hypercalcaemia, died from malnutrition due to refusal of oral intake in a pallia…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
A 57-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome died from aspiration pneumonia following a short hospital admission. He had a history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia and was …
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating a seizure in a man with dysphagia and phenylke…
A 66-year-old man with phenylketonuria and intellectual disability died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by seizure following missed anti-epileptic medications at his residential care facility. He presented to St Vi…
68y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability (con…
A 68-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and congenital brain injury died from complications of aspiration pneumonia. He had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneumonias and dysphagia. Following admissi…
52y · Female·Respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia; Down syndrome as unde…
Rosemary Auchettl, a 52-year-old woman with Down syndrome and profound intellectual disability, died from respiratory failure secondary to recurrent aspiration pneumonia while in residential care. She had a documented hi…
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