Staff saddened by nursing home death

MANAGEMENT at the nursing home where an elderly resident was killed early on Monday morning have expressed their sadness following the woman’s death.

Vera Vollrath, 83, died in her bedroom at Killure Bridge Nursing Home, outside Waterford city, at about 1.30am on Monday.

It is understood the alarm was raised by a daughter of the deceased woman after staff at the nursing home had initially thought Mrs Vollrath’s death was due to natural causes.