Cork dementia patient died in care home with duvet over her head as another patient sat nearby

A Cork inquest recorded an open verdict in the death of a 95-year-old woman found with a duvet over her head in a nursing home

95-year-old Marcella O’Sullivan, formerly of Blackpool, died in Brídhaven nursing home on April 13, 2022.  Picture: RIP.ie

An inquest has recorded an open verdict in the tragic case of a vulnerable elderly dementia patient who was found dead in her nursing home room, her head covered with a duvet, while another dementia patient sat calmly nearby.

Marcella O’Sullivan, 95, formerly of Blackpool in Cork, was found dead in her bed in her room at Brídhaven nursing home in Mallow, Co Cork, just after 8pm on April 13, 2022.