     ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM NORTH MIAMI NURSING HOME RECORDS AND FAMILY MEMBER,   THE DECEASED WAS EMPLOYED AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.   IN DECEMBER 1985 WHILE WORKING, HE FELL 27 FEET FROM A SCAFFOLD STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE.   HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN STUART, FLA.  WHERE HE REMAINED COMATOSE FOR THREE MONTHS.   IN JANUARY 1987, HE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE ADVANTAGE NURSING HOME IN FORT PIERCE,  FLORIDA AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1996.   AT THIS TIME, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH MIAMI NURSING HOME WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ESOPHAGEAL DIVERTICULOSIS, PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE, CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA, SENILE DEMENTIA WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES AND HIATAL HERNIA.   HE HAD A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA WITH LONG STANDING COMA AND RESIDUAL DEMENTIA AND BEHAVIOR DISORDER WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES, STATUS POST PEG PLACEMENT, RECURRENT ASPIRATION PNEUMONIAS.   HE REMAINED AT THE NURSING HOME UNTIL HIS EXPIRATION ON NOVEMBER 28, 1996.  HE WAS RELEASED TO YATES FUNERAL HOME FOR CREMATION AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BROUGHT INTO THIS OFFICE FOR PROPER CERTIFICATION.