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The use of a Taser to subdue a 95-year-old dementia patient at an aged care home in Cooma, New South Wales, last week is yet another sickening example of what can go wrong when police rely too heavily on force to resolve challenging situations.

There are currently around 900,000 people in the UK living with dementia and it mainly affects people over the age of 65, with the likelihood of developing the disease increasing with age

The ‘Die Hard’ actor’s family announced he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia earlier this year

The fallout from the distressing incident at a NSW aged-care home, after a 95-year-old dementia patient was tasered, has taken an ugly turn.

Claire Nowland continues to receive end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital, as calls for a broader independent investigation grow

Calls for reform grow with daughter of patient saying families should be notified when police are deployed to aged care homes

'The doctor then said you aren't coping and can't be on red alert 24 hours a day - he either needs carers or a care home'

The mum of four will always recall the chilling incident that was the penultimate event that lead to her husband spending the last years of his life in a care home.