Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officers
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Three years after police fatally Tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients.
Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at 95-year-old Clare Nowland after being called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma in southern New South Wales on 17 May 2023.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/13/inquest-into-tasering-death-of-clare-nowland-aims-to-answer-outstanding-questions
Author : Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2026-05-13 03:41:00
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