Posted on 05/18/2023 10:48:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A great-grandmother with dementia is fighting for life in hospital after being tasered by police at her nursing home in the NSW Snowy Mountains.
Clare Nowland, 95, was home in Yallambee Lodge in Cooma when staff called NSW Police to the facility on Wednesday.
Ms Nowland, who has lived at the aged care facility for more than five years, was believed to have been carrying a knife when officers tasered her.
She was taken to Cooma Base Hospital where she remains in a critical condition.
Ms Nowland is well-known in the local community, and on her 80th birthday she celebrated by skydiving over Canberra, as reported by the ABC.
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The great-grandmother had previously volunteered at a charity store in Cooma, before suffering from dementia in recent years.
Her family are by her bedside in hospital and have declined to comment on the incident.
Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, which is run by the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, opened in 1995.
According to its website, Yallambee Lodge offers "palliative care" and can cater to residents with "higher needs".
In a statement, police said a critical incident team would investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
"That investigation will be subject to independent review," it read.
"No further details are available at this time."
a building sign reading 'Yallambee Lodge' The ABC understands the incident took place at Yallambee Lodge in Cooma.(ABC South East NSW: Adriane Reardon) a sign of the cooma hospital with a tree in the foreground The 95-year-old woman was taken to Cooma District Hospital for treatment.(ABC South East NSW: Adriane Reardon) In a statement, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council said staff, residents and family involved were being supported "during this difficult time".
"No further comment is available at the current time due to the ongoing
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Australia, that place has gone down the rabbit hole real fast.
Must be a slow day for news.
“was believed to have been carrying a knife when officers tasered her”
I take it from that language that she didn’t actually turn out to be carrying a knife.
Still, people with dementia can have psychotic episodes where they are a danger to themselves and others, even if they normally seem like a nice little old 95 year old lady. So it would be interesting to see the video of what actually happened.
They couldn’t disarm a knife from a 95 y/o and had to tazer her instead? Keystone cops at work.
I am generally a reliable even predictable supporter of LEOs.
Tazing a 95 year old lady suffering with dementia with a knife leaves me speechless. Is anyone doing LEO training anymore? I’m 61 and I’m sure I could disarm grannie before she even knew I had her pig sticker.
Oz aint coming back. Sad, I was there in the 80s and it seemed like such an awesome country with awesome people. Reminded me of Texas and the patriotic parts of California.
The cops probably did the right thing.
You wouldn't think a withered away 86 year old, such as my grandfather with dementia, could be a problem.
They must get a flow of adrenaline at times that makes them incredibly strong.
Under the circumstances, the taser may have been the best thing to use.
I guess now they feel more manly. That’s the problem with demasculating an entire population of “men”. They try to make up for it.
Honestly disarming my 95 year old mother would have been a breeze for me. No taser required.
They are learning from American cops.
Yes.
Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia
Must be a slow day for news.
Anything to fire up the constantly anger ridden Freepers!
Under the circumstances, the taser may have been the best thing to use.
Taser beats rock, paper, AND scissors. Old crazies like pointy scissors. ( crazy aunt attack)
Let’s say, for the sake of arguement, she was carrying a knife. She was in the dementia ward of a nursing home. The worst she could have gotten her hands on was a butter knife.
Good to know!!!
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