134 results for “severe dementia”
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…
84y · Male·acute aspiration complicating periprosthetic fractured right femur (operated) on…
Bryan Roocroft, 84 years old with severe dementia, suffered a periprosthetic right femur fracture after two falls at aged care on 24 December 2020 …
89y · Female·acute renal failure with severe electrolyte disturbance due to sigmoid volvulus …
An 89-year-old woman with severe vascular dementia died from acute renal failure due to sigmoid volvulus while detained under the Mental He…
81y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe d…
… Thomas Kelbin, aged 81, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe dementia. He had been placed under guardianship with detention powers after becoming unable to self-care a…
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 …
63y · Male·respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia secondary to swallowing problems c…
…occa, aged 63, died of respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia secondary to swallowing problems from severe dementia. He was an inpatient in a mental health facility under a detention order. The coroner found no qu…
66y · Male·inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating Alzheimer's deme…
…, aged 66, died from inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating advanced Alzheimer's dementia. He was admitted to the Acute Older Persons Mental Health Unit at Flinders Medical Centre under a Level 3…
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…
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…
86y · Female·Hypostatic pneumonia due to the consequences of a right pubic rami fracture and …
An 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia and frailty suffered an unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility. Initial assessment failed to identify…
74y · Male·ischaemic heart disease; acute myocardial infarction due to significant atherosc…
A 74-year-old man with severe dementia died suddenly of ischaemic heart disease while detained at a secure mental health residential fac…
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 facility. He had severe isc…
77y · Male·respiratory failure caused by severe pneumonia
Ronald Allen Hampton, aged 77, died from respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital. He had been admitted with behav…
57y · Female·Sepsis in the setting of probable aspiration pneumonia
A 57-year-old woman with Down syndrome, blindness, severe dysphagia, dementia, and epilepsy died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. She lived in a Depar…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
A 92-year-old woman with dementia, heart disease, and COPD died from decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus infl…
78y · Female·urinary tract infection and pneumonia on a background of facial fractures and de…
A 78-year-old woman with mixed dementia living in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 22 March 2023, sustaining facial fractures and eye la…
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…
73y · Male·Infectious Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease with the Contribu…
Mr H, a 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive airways disease and Lewy body dementia, was admitted to hospital on 6 January 2021 following a psychiatric incident and was found to have pneumo…
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…
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