31 results for “wandering behaviour”
53y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the first floor
…cal patient awaiting NDIS funding approval for supported independent living. Despite documented frequent wandering behaviour, including an incident where he was found on the road outside the hospital, supervision was in…
73y · Male·unknown
…sion, the GP did not recognise cognitive impairment on brief assessment, and there was no recognition of wandering behaviour as a serious dementia-related risk requiring secure placement or close monitoring. The nursing…
73y · Male·Traumatic head, facial and chest injuries caused by fall down stairs at resident…
…care facility at 5:00 AM. He had been admitted only 10 days prior and had already experienced documented wandering and two falls. The coroner identified multiple preventable safety gaps: the front door was unlocked duri…
34y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from motor vehicle crash (pedestrian struck)
…of actively implementing care plans (particularly hi-vis requirements for vulnerable patients at risk of wandering), the need for active supervision protocols during high-risk periods, and ensuring environmental factors…
72y · Male·Unable to be determined
…ing terrain. While supervision was attentive given circumstances, the remote location and rapid onset of wandering behaviour highlights risks of caring for cognitively impaired elderly patients in isolated settings with…
42y · Male·Undetermined
… was never found. The coroner concluded Jason died from misadventure rather than foul play, likely after wandering into bushland under the influence of methamphetamine—consistent with his known behaviour pattern. The in…
76y · Male·MULTIPLE INJURIES IN A TRAIN INCIDENT
…the front door and was struck by a train, sustaining fatal injuries. The RN admitting him documented his wandering risk only in a falls risk assessment rather than the care plan, and failed to implement safety measures …
41y · Female·Cause of death could not be established due to advanced decomposition
…idence in missing persons cases (lost to over-recording); consideration of how mental health crises with wandering behavior, combined with unfamiliar terrain and failing light, create fatal risks; and the importance of …
87y · Male·Complications of head injuries in setting of dementia
…g home resident. The deceased had a documented tendency to wander and enter other residents' rooms; this behaviour was a known risk but managed only by redirection. The perpetrator had a history of aggression toward sta…
58y · Female·Unascertained
…ersons; (3) recognition that mental health crises combined with life stressors can precipitate high-risk wandering behaviour. The coroner identified missed opportunities: Charlton Police Station being unmanned delayed i…
87y · Male·acute renal failure and two major haemorrhagic strokes
…ilure to implement recommended fall prevention measures following an unwitnessed fall, failure to manage wandering behaviours despite high-risk assessment, inadequate assessment of the serious burn injury and potential …
92y · Female·Complications of a fractured left femur (operated), sustained in a fall
…t femoral fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. She fell while attempting to push out a wandering dementia-affected resident who had entered her room. Although Mrs Boyle had requested her door be kept l…
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 determined he is deceased, lik…
89y · Female·Blunt force head injury on a background of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
…ia in an aged care facility. The resident had a documented history of physical aggression, verbal abuse, wandering, and absconding over 19 months. He was transferred from a secure to non-secure unit six days after strik…
71y · Male·Positional asphyxia
… facility. He had demonstrated multiple escape attempts within days of admission, with staff documenting wandering behaviour and attempts to climb fences. The facility was inadequately secured with internal doors openab…
61y · Male·head injury sustained on impact by a car
Leslie Wallace Taylor, a 61-year-old man with intellectual disability who could not communicate verbally, died from head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle on Ballarat Road, Sunshine on 1 October 2022. Mr Ta…
89y · Female·head injury
Barbara Ann Haynes, aged 89, died from a head injury sustained in a fall at an aged care facility on 29 March 2020, with death occurring 13 days later on 11 April 2020. She had Alzheimer's dementia, osteoporosis, and a h…
90y · Female·Surgical repair of fractured neck of femur sustained in a fall complicated by CO…
…lity, complicated by COVID-19 infection. She was pushed by another resident with dementia and aggressive behaviour, falling in a corridor. The fracture was successfully repaired surgically, but Maria developed hypoxia a…
29y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… am on 30 March 2023 with acute psychotic symptoms including auditory and visual hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, and paranoid ideation following return from Bali. He was triaged as ATS 3 and assigned a 30-minute targ…
76y · Female·Immersion (with underlying cause undetermined in circumstances of a fall into a …
76-year-old woman with vascular dementia and wandering behaviour was found submerged in a courtyard water fountain at an aged care facility after a fall. She r…
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