A 99-year-old dementia patient died after being assaulted in his rest home bedroom by another resident suffering from dementia, a coroner has found. Leonard Ralph Hewgill suffered a head injury in the attack at the Ryman Healthcare-run Hilda Ross Retirement Village in Hamilton and died in hospital three days later. Coroner Dunn said Hewgill was a resident at Hilda Ross Special Care Unit, a 40-bedroom unit offering specialist dementia care. The care provided by Hilda Ross is paid care, residents are often vulnerable, and families place their trust in the residential care provider." "This resulted in changes across all our dementia care units, reinforcing our commitment to providing safe, respectful, high-quality care.
