Reported preventable deaths in Australian nursing homes quadrupled over a decade

After falls, the second-most common cause of death was choking, 7.9%, and suicide, 4.4%

The number of reported preventable deaths in nursing homes increased fourfold in a past decade, according to the Medical Journal of Australia.

Researchers attributed the increase to improved reporting, but believed the true number of preventable deaths still remained underestimated as they called for a national framework into aged care to tackle the issue.