Coronial

9 results for suspected early dementia

SAaged care2016-08-22

Coroner's Finding: SCHULZ Bertha Anna

89y · Female·Multiple organ failure with cachexia on a background of chronic lower limb ulcer…

… following hospitalization in January 2013 for deteriorating ulcers and behavioral changes concerning for dementia. Despite consideration of amputation, conservative wound management was pursued as clinicians deemed her …

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WAcommunity2020-06-03

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Wilfred Arthur BARRETT

81y · Male·Open finding - unable to determine whether natural causes, exhaustion and disori…

…using motorcycles over four days, no trace of Mr. Barrett was ever found. The coroner concluded he died in early May 1984, likely from natural causes, exhaustion, or accidental fall into a mineshaft while prospecting in…

WAcommunity2020-05-26

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Yilmbut UMBUL

73y · Female·Open finding - either natural death from medical conditions (hypertension, angin…

…ilmbut Umbul, a 73-year-old Aboriginal woman living at Walmbie Camp near Kalumburu Mission, disappeared in early March 1982. She was frail, with a history of hypertension, angina requiring daily medication, and document…

NThospital2003-07-17

Inquest into the death of Lennie Pinawrut

67y · Male·acute renal failure with associated severe acidosis and hyperkalemia

A 67-year-old Aboriginal male with dementia was discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital on 4 November 2001 following cystoscopy and bladder neck incisi…

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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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SAaged care2020-07-09

Coroner's Finding: HANSLOW Walter Robert

75y · Male·bilateral subdural haematoma due to fall

…nd hospital was appropriate and lawful. Clinical lessons include the importance of careful observation and early recognition of deterioration post-fall in elderly patients on anticoagulation or with bleeding risk, and t…

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QLDhospital2018-08-20

RD - Non-inquest findings

64y · Male·Septic shock secondary to urosepsis (Pseudomonas and Stenotropomonas maltophilia…

…r-old man with diabetes, amputation, and COPD, presented to a private hospital emergency department with suspected sepsis (vomiting, diarrhoea, hypotension, acute kidney injury, elevated troponin, hyperkalaemia, metabol…

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NSWaged care2019-12-06

Inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of Raymond Speechley

77y · Male·Hypothermia

Raymond Speechley, aged 77 with dementia, absconded from an aged care secure unit on 7 July 2016 and died from hypothermia in bushland. Critical s…

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VICmental health2015-09-24

Finding into death of Elaine Elizabeth Sykes

58y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision with train (pedestrian)

Elaine Sykes, aged 58, was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with acute renal failure and severe mental health deterioration. After 47 days at Acacia Mental Health Unit, she demonstrated substantial improvement and was disc…

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