Albert Bevins died last year after being diagnosed with dementia and suffering hallucinations . The family of a great-grandfather with dementia fear he may have hanged himself while acting out a 'vivid dream ' that was triggered by a TV documentary about Harold Shipman . Albert Bevins died in Eachstep nursing home in Blackley , Manchester , the day after a programme was shown about Harold Shipman , a GP who killed 215 elderly patients with lethal injections . The 85-year-old was prone to vivid hallucinations , the result of untreated dementia , at the time of his death , an inquest heard . Family members fear he may have died during one such dream , with the widower having previously been found sleepwalking and acting out his hallucinations . At an inquest into his death , his daughter , Joanne Jones , said he had become plagued with paranoia since being diagnosed with dementia . 'The only conclusion I can come to regarding his death is he had very vivid dreams , ' she said . 'He always thought the family was in danger , especially his grandsons and great-grandsons . 'He thought something had happened to them in the night like a car crash and he would n't be consoled until he spoke to us . 'He used to live out his dreams but we just don ’ t know what dream he had that night . ' She added she feared a documentary on television the previous night about Shipman , who killed hundreds of elderly patients , may have sparked caused her father to hallucinate . ' I thought `` could he have been watching that and that has triggered something ? '' He would see things on the TV and related it to himself . ' The 85-year-old was being cared for at Eachstep home in Blackley , Manchester , at the time of his death . Mr Bevins was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2012 and moved into Eachstep care home the following year . Despite revisiting doctors in 2014 , nothing was prescribed to treat his worsening condition which had started to cause him to hallucinate . Experts told the inquest that 'important elements ' of assessment were missed out during the latter visit to doctors . The former office clerk died in April last year at around 7am , with staff at the specialist house having checked on him in his room just two hours earlier . An investigation into Mr Bevins 's diagnosis was launched by the NHS trust after his death . At its conclusion , psychiatrist Dr Sean Lennon from the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust said Mr Bevins 's condition , dementia with Lewy Bodies , was not treated soon enough . 'The referral was n't responded to urgently ... there were a number of delays in providing him with the care he required , ' he told the Manchester inquest . 'He should have been offered treatment which may have improved the psychotic symptoms but it may well have been he could be managed by further assessment . ' Recording a narrative conclusion that Mr Bevins took his own life coroner Jean Harkin said : 'His time in the care home was , by all accounts , good . 'He was very well looked after and the family here have reported staff made him feel wanted . 'It is clear from the staff that he was a very well-liked gentleman and this has been a very traumatic experience not only for the family but also for the staff who looked after him . ' The widower 's family fear he may have been having a dream sparked by a television documentary about killer Harold Shipman ( pictured above ) Harold Shipman , a GP who murdered patients by administering killer injections , is described as one of the most prolific serial killers in Britain 's history . For years the doctor went unnoticed as he prescribed patients with death sentences , killing them off for no other reason than for his own entertainment . Born in Leeds , the former doctor was his considered his mother 's favourite child . After she was diagnosed with lung cancer , he oversaw her decline and carefully observed the effects of morphine as a means of pain relief . Following her death he vowed to attend medical school and later qualified to become a doctor , registering with a practice in Yorkshire in the early 1970s . He later moved to Hyde with his family where his sadistic tendencies were revealed . It was a local undertaker who first raised concerns after an unusually high number of Shipman 's patients died in similar circumstances . Largely they were recorded as having been found propped up on a sofa , fully clothed , at the time of their deaths . An inquiry was launched after one of Shipman 's colleagues expressed similar concerns but he was cleared . But after a more thorough investigation police discovered he had altered medical records to evade suspicion . In 1998 , Shipman was arrested for the murder of several patients . He consistently denied the allegations and was , according to investigators , arrogant throughout police interviews . A trial found him guilty of the murders of 15 patients though experts believe he is responsible for hundreds of other deaths . Pathology reports found morphine toxicity was the cause of death among most of his victims . In 2004 , four years after being jailed for his crimes , Shipman 's body was found hanging in the cell of the Wakefield Prison where he was being held . For confidential support on suicide matters in the UK , call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 , visit a local Samaritans branch or click here .
Albert Bevins died in 2014 at Eachstep care home in Blackley , Manchester . The 85-year-old was suffering dementia and was prone to hallucinations . His family fear he may have hanged himself after watching documentary . The great-grandfather 'thought he was in TV ' , his daughter told an inquest . Doctors said they did not treat his psychological symptoms soon enough .