The Latest Breaking News from Clare Nowland

A mass has been held by the bedside of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was tasered by a police officer, as she receives end-of-life care.

The daughter of a woman with dementia who was handcuffed in a Sydney aged care home is demanding more accountability from police over instances of force being used against residents.

An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday.

NSW's police commissioner will not watch video of the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother in a nursing home, as the elderly woman's condition worsens.

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Cooma residents reacted to the alleged Tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland.

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition at Cooma Base Hospital after the incident on Wednesday, as Cooma locals say other means should have been used to subdue her.

Disability advocates outraged at ‘heavy handed’ response, while Greens MP says incident should mark turning point in police misconduct reviews

The nursing home resident was found alone in her room with a steak knife when the officer in question fired his Taser. The woman is now in critical condition at the hospital.