A 95-year-old great-grandmother who was tasered by police is receiving end-of-life care as her family demands answers, suggesting that she may have been making toast at the time with a butter knife.

At the Yallambee Lodge aged care facility near Cooma, in the NSW Snowy Mountains, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, police blasted dementia sufferer Clare Nowland with a Taser. Nowland is 157 centimeters tall and only 43 kilograms in weight. At her walking frame, she was standing. The Taser impact made Mrs Nowland fall and hit her head.

According to community activist Andrew Thaler, Mrs. Nowland is currently receiving end-of-life care at a hospital. Her family is assembled around her in the assumption that she doesn’t have long to live, Mr Thaler said. Mr. Thaler stated that Mrs. Nowland had “two holes in her chest” as a result of the police’s use of the Taser’s prongs or barbs.

A political storm has erupted as a result of the incident due to the force with which officers responded. The incident’s bodycam footage has not been made public by NSW Police, who initially referred to the Taser shooting as an “interaction.” Clare Nowland, who suffers from dementia, was injured during “an interaction” with officers at Yallambee Lodge near Cooma.

After being informed that she had a kitchen knife, officers were dispatched to the nursing home.

Mr. Thaler told Daily Mail Australia that Mrs. Nowland’s family believed that their beloved oldest member could simply have been making toast in one of the kitchens equipped for residents to make snacks. Ms. Nowland was tasered while standing next to her walking frame. She may have wanted to use a bread and butter knife to make toast; she is confused.

He stated, “Her family is just incredulous at what happened.” Mr Thaler said the family has addressed whether she had been Tasered two times as she likewise had blemishes on her back. They believe that the facility itself did not have sufficient dementia care staff. Yallambee Cabin is a 40-bed office intended for individuals who can never again take care of themselves in their own homes, as per the committee’s site.

Mr. Thaler was of the opinion that “a lack of training and for some of these workers, English is not their first language, they may have panicked.” There may have been only two caregivers on duty at 4 a.m. for 40 patients in five houses. He expressed subsidizing for dementia care to be set up at Yallambee had not been passed on by the Frigid Monaro Territorial Gathering, yet was fundamentally required.

Mr. Thaler made a challenge to the Commissioner of the NSW Police, Karen Webb, to go to Cooma and sit down with Ms. Nowland’s family to watch the difficult bodycam footage of the incident.

• In a statement released on Thursday night, Commissioner Webb stated:

My thoughts and prayers are with the family during this trying time. I recognize and share the concerns of the community, and I can assure you that we are taking this matter very seriously. Mrs Nowland is a mainstay of the neighborhood local area who worked at the nearby St Vincent de Paul’s outlet and has been portrayed as a ‘partner who loves helping individuals’.

• What we know about the incident:

On Wednesday morning, police were called to the nursing home after learning that Ms. Nowland had a kitchen knife. She was tasered as she stood next to her walking frame, according to the police, who claim they attempted to speak with her. It’s accepted officials had attempted to incapacitate her prior to taking out their tasers and terminating at her back and chest. She fell over and hit her head and was taken to emergency clinic.

Ms. Nowland, who had been working at the facility for about five years and was well-known in the neighborhood, collapsed and suffered critical injuries. Josh Pallas, president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, stated that the police shouldn’t use tasers on vulnerable individuals who are experiencing dementia or a mental health crisis.

Clearly, there should be more fitting ways of managing rebellious individuals who are enduring,’ he said. As per NSW Police rules, an official can utilize an immobilizer when brutal obstruction is happening or is impending or when an official is at risk for being overwhelmed.

Yallambee Lodge is run by the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, which stated that staff had followed procedure.

In a statement, the council stated, “Council are supporting our staff, residents, and families during this difficult time.” The responding officers’ actions will be the subject of a critical incident investigation by the NSW Police.

An independent review will be conducted on the investigation. Yallambee Hotel is a 40-bed office intended for individuals who can never again take care of themselves in their own homes, as per the gathering’s site.

Ms. Nowland, who had been at the facility for about five years and was well-known in the community, collapsed and suffered critical injuries. Nicole Lee, president of People with Disability Australia, called the incident “shocking.” According to Ms. Lee, “she’s either one hell of an agile, fit, fast, and intimidating 95-year-old woman” or “those police officers’ very poor lack of judgment and there really needs to be some accountability on their side of this.” This 95-year-old woman needed someone to talk to her, de-escalate the situation, and treat her with compassion and time rather than tasers.

Mr. Thaler requested that Commissioner Webb personally explain the incident to Ms. Nowland’s family and apologize. He stated, “The nation is rightfully outraged.