A Timsbury woman with a rare degenerative condition who died suddenly at a nursing home did so from natural causes, an inquest heard.

Lynn Evans, 50, who lived at Cheshire Nursing Home, died on April 15, 2008, of Lewy Body Disease with dementia.

The inquest at Flax Bourton, which resumed this week after starting in August, heard Ms Evans was found not breathing in her bed and CPR failed to revive her.

The hearing was told doctors failed to recognise that she had Lewy Body Disease during her life because it is only possible to identify its presence after death.

Doctors had prescribed medication for Ms Evans on the understanding she had a Parkinson's-like movement disorder, which was suffered by other members of her family.

Ms Evans' relatives told the inquest they believed the levels of the neuroleptic drugs she had been prescribed may have contributed towards her death.

But neuropathologist Professor Seth Love said tests on her brain tissue showed she had severe Lewy Body Disease and it was possible for sufferers to die suddenly.

Coroner Terence Moore concluded Ms Evans, who also had long-standing psychiatric problems, died from natural causes.

He said: "I can find no medical or human intervention which would have hastened her death."