custody_injury · 2024-Q1
Bureau du coroner (Québec) · Bureau du coroner
Finding
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Disposition
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Cohort size
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Redacted summary
A person residing in a long-term care facility died from complications related to a hip fracture after falling from their bed. They had been left alone without an alert system activated after refusing help from staff, who had to intervene with another user. The circumstances surrounding the death raise questions about the management of refusals of care and the surveillance of users at risk of falling.
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