My heart really goes out to everyone involved. A similar thing happened to my family when my grandfather had a severe stroke last September while in a sheltered flat and lay on the floor for at least 16 hours. I sincerely hope that, as you say, she wasn't really aware of what had happened to her as the distress would have been unimaginable. Sadly my grandfather, although his body had suffered greatly, was mentally unharmed and aware. I'm a medical student and I don't think I'd be able to cope with coming across a similar case. 6 weeks on the acute stroke ward and he battled to the end. I really hope that whatever the outcome was for this patient that she's now more comfortable