Husband of Claudine O’Farrell Knight tells inquest wife would still be alive if they had received more respite care
Their daughter was described as being extremely strong, almost six foot tall and around 18 stone in weight. Her condition and outbursts of anger have been getting steadily worse in recent years and, according to the family, she became impossible to control when her school was temporarily closed because of Covid-19 in early 2021.
During this time the family introduced a number of security measures in their home including putting locks on all doors, presses, and even on the refrigerator. The court heard that over the next few weeks Claudine experienced severe headaches, and after becoming ill at work on April 15th, Claudine went for an emergency CT scan at University Hospital Galway where two separate bleeds were discovered in her brain.
“The last two years were a nightmare. When I would walk to our house each night, I would hear the screaming,” he said. “We want to know why our sister had to die before she could get help. We were asking for help, we were begging for it,” she said. Claudine’s sister Orla said that one of the great tragedies of this situation is that her sister will never get to see her daughter’s happiness now that she is in full time care.
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