Woman strangled on strap trying to get out of bed

ALL nursing home staff should be properly trained in the use of restraining devices, an inquest jury recommended yesterday after hearing how an elderly woman strangled on a strap as she struggled to get out of her bed.

Dublin City Coroner Brian Farrell said he would write to the Northern Area Health Board and the management of St Gabriel’s nursing home in north Dublin, where long-term resident Ellen Murphy died last year.

Ms Murphy, 74, suffered immediate cardiac arrest after her neck was caught in a restraint, causing ligature strangulation.