Coroner's Finding: BLAKE Elizabeth Mathilda

76y · Female·lower limb ischaemia due to diabetes and peripheral vascular disease

Elizabeth Mathilda Blake, aged 76, died at Marten Residential Care Centre from lower limb ischaemia secondary to diabetes and peripheral vascular disease. She had long-standing psychiatric illness progressing to dementia, diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease with progressive lower limb necrosis and ulceration. During her final three months, her medical condition declined markedly. She received appropriate ongoing care including diabetes management, antipsychotic medications, analgesia for vascular pain, and palliative morphine therapy. The coroner found her death was from natural causes with no suspicious circumstances. Care standards were satisfactory and family members expressed satisfaction with the residential care provided.