On April 13, 2022, a 95-year-old woman with advanced dementia and physical limitations was found dead in her nursing home bed with a duvet over her head, having suffered from aspiration of vomit. Brídhaven nursing home in Mallow, Co Cork, apologised for failings in the care of Marcella O’Sullivan at an inquest into her death last July.  An RTÉ report of the case said another patient with severe dementia was in her room when she was found by staff at 8.03pm. CCTV evidence showed this patient, described by a member of staff as a “roamer”, had visited the bedroom over…

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