A woman who died a month after she broke her hip in a fall at her care home ‘just decided she’d had enough’, an inquest heard.

Ivy Butcher, 91, had a history of suffering falls, senior coroner Darren Salter told her inquest on Wednesday (March 8).

She was found by staff at Cleeve Lodge care home, Goring, on January 11 after one such fall.

Mrs Butcher was taken to hospital the following day by ambulance, where it was discovered she had a fractured neck of femur – the medical term for a broken hip.

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The fracture was operated on under general anaesthetic on January 13.

Following surgery, she developed pneumonia and ‘post-operative delirium’.

The inquest heard she was discharged back to the care home, where she received palliative care.

She died on February 21. Her cause of death was given as post-operative aspirational pneumonia and delirium, contributed to by a fractured neck of femur and underlying ‘cognitive impairment’.

In a statement summarised to the inquest, Mrs Butcher’s daughter said her mother was ‘well taken care of’ by the care home staff. It was suggested that ‘due to her cognitive impairment she decided she’d just had enough’.

The coroner recorded a conclusion of accidental death.