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The Daughter of The people with dementia died after he was pushed by another patient in a care facility, told that her family was left in the lurch by the authorities.

John O ' Reilly died a week after receiving a head injury in a dementia care unit in County Armagh .

The 83-year-old was pushed twice from the same patient in The Days before the deadly incident.

His Family were not aware of until after his death.

In a statement, the Southern Trust, said: "The tragic circumstances of Mr O'reilly's death, was the subject of an investigation process that took confidence and came to the conclusion his death was a tragic accident. "

"dad deserves to die, peacefully'

Mr O'reilly's family said they only discovered about the previous incidents slide during The Police investigation which followed the death of her father.

His daughter Maureen McGleenon, said the Southern trust told them about the previous incidents, at a meeting, a week after her father had died.

She Said : "I couldn't believe it, especially because it had happened only days before the press, which led to Papa's fatal injuries.

"We had the framework of the device every morning, during This Time , and various members of the family visited father about This Time , so there were many opportunities to tell us this is happening.

"If we had known that my father pushed twice before, we can say, with absolute certainty, that we have taken him home, where he would be safe.

"We are heartbroken, dad deserves to die peacefully. "

Maureen McGleenon said her father lived for His Family ,

Mr O'reilly, a former Ulster GAA Chairman, was a father of seven children.

His daughter said she was grown, a very Happy Home .

"He was married, mum of 55 years, and 15 grandchildren had.

"He loved the GAA, there were times he would travel to Cork and Kerry for A Day , just to see a game. The daddy was. "

After the diagnosis of dementia A Number of years, Mr. O'reilly was a device in accordance with the Gillis in November 2018 on the site of the St. Luke's Hospital, in the County of Armagh.

It is a specialized ward for people with dementia or people assessed for dementia symptoms and is. of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust

On 4. December 2018, Mr. O'reilly was pushed, by another dementia patient, what met him him at the head of a wall. His Family said, he pushed with such force that it left a dent in The Wall .

He admitted to Craigavon Area Hospital with severe head injuries and died a week later.

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during The investigation, evidence that the patient, known as Mr Y, had heard, had, staff, and patients in a previous nursing home and had threatened to kill his Wife encountered.

The Southern trust, the implementation as a Serious Adverse incident (SAI) the investigation of Mr O'reilly's death

It also heard that Mr Y had pushed Mr O'reilly twice in the 30. November in the Gillis unit, led, him is medicated and put it on close, one-on-one observation.

On 4. December, Mr O'reilly and Mr Y made in the door to a corridor in The Unit , a nurse, was behind Mr Y at the time when Mr. O'reilly was pushed.

the completion of the investigation, The Coroner said the fatal shock happened by "chance" and was a "tragic accident".

Following Mr O'reilly's death, was cut by Mr Y, on the Mental Health reasons, and, in the meantime, died.

'Unanswered Questions '

Maureen McGleenon said, your family have many questions that remain unanswered.

"Dad could not tell us anything because of his dementia, we continued to trust 100% on the health of the employees, to tell us what he was like.

"We found out through the investigation, including the fact that it was not a formal, written risk assessment carried out with the dad after The First two push incidents to him.

"We don't know until the investigation that Mr. Y had been considered to be at High Risk for the patients in the nursing home, where he was a resident of prior to its placement in Gillis.

John O'reilly had to say 15 grandchildren

"but, my father's death was just a tragic accident has devastated us, to be honest. We are completely gutted by it.

"Instead of die and peaceful was his right, the father of a violent death has died. "

The Southern trust, the implementation as a Serious Adverse incident (SAI) the investigation of Mr O'reilly's death.

Maureen McGleenon said: "Our experience with the SAI process was terrible. From our point of view, The Trust of the park allows it, the fact that something catastrophic happened, the family.

"we were told it would be a 12-week process. It is now over a year and we have consumed so much energy trying to figure out this process and find things for ourselves.

she added: "The System only knocks them down and makes them want to give up.

"We will never get over what happened to dad, and we can't give up trying to understand it "

A spokesman for the Southern Trust, said: "ORB review was conducted by an independent Chairman and independent members of the Board of the external to trust, but unfortunately it takes longer, due to the complexity of the management of the time and the availability of the expert members. "

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Source of news: bbc.com