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A 95-year-old grandmother has died after being tasered at a nursing home, with a police officer facing three charges over the incident.

The death of 95-year-old great grandmother Clare Nowland, who was allegedly Tasered by a policeman at a Cooma old age home last week, has sent shockwaves around Australia this week.

Members of great-grandmother Clare Nowlands family gathered for a week-long vigil at Cooma hospital and were with their 95-year-old matriarch when she died on Wednesday night.

The incident happened when the woman, who had dementia, approached the officer holding a steak knife.

Clare Nowland died in hospital surrounded by family yesterday - a week after she was Tasered by police at Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, NSW.

Clare Nowland, a dementia sufferer who weighed just 43kg, died at Cooma Hospital in southern NSW about 7pm on Wednesday from injuries sustained during the tasering.

Clare Nowland was using a walking frame and holding a steak knife when she was shot with a stun gun

A 95-year-old grandmother has died after being tasered at a nursing home, with a police officer facing three charges over the incident.

Clare Nowland was using a walking frame and holding a steak knife when she was shot with a stun gun..

NSW Police Senior Constable Kristian White blasted Clare Nowland with the Taser at the Yallambie Lodge nursing home in Cooma in southern NSW, early last Wednesday.