Care home resident, 96, found dead with puncture wound

Summarised from North Wales Live's report · Updated 5 Nov, 10:27 · Archive

A 96-year-old man was found dead with a puncture wound at a Welsh care home.

Glyn Hughes, 96, was found dead at Plas Hafan residential care home in Nefyn, Gwynedd on 25 October. A carer conducting a welfare check at 3.15am found him in bed with blood on the bedroom floor and called for assistance. An ambulance was requested and a paramedic confirmed he had died at 3.44am. Police attended and found Hughes lying on the floor with a cut on his right forearm, blood on the bedding and blood staining on the wall.

A Home Office pathologist, Dr Brian Rodgers, conducted a post mortem examination and gave a provisional cause of death as haemorrhage due to a puncture wound to Hughes's right arm. Hughes had been receiving anti-coagulant treatment. An inquest was opened in Caernarfon but has been adjourned pending further investigations.

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• Care home resident, 96, found with 'puncture wound' in blood soaked roomGlyn Hughes died at the Plas Hafan residential care home in NefynNorth Wales Live · 5 Nov, 05:00

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