Family of elderly Corkman seek investigation into death after 10 falls in care home

Regina Nolan, daughter of Noel O’Sullivan, at the inquest into his death. Picture: Michael MacSweeney/Cork Courts

The family of an elderly man who died after suffering serious head injuries in his 10th fall at a nursing home in eight months wants Hiqa to investigate nursing home falls more closely.

Noel O’Sullivan, 93, from Ballinlough, Cork, fractured a hip, a wrist, and suffered traumatic head injuries in his 10th and final fall at the Bon Secours Care Village on the Lee Road in Cork at around 2am on October 12, 2020, the Cork City Coroner’s Court was told.