Clare Nowland was critically injured when police responded to reports she was wandering her care home with a knife around 4am on Wednesday. Police say Ms Nowland was "armed" with a steak knife at the care home - which is in the town of Cooma about 114km (71 miles) south of Canberra - and the officer discharged his weapon after she began approaching "at a slow pace". "Well respected, much loved and a giving member of her local community, Clare is the loving and gentle-natured matriarch of the Nowland family," the statement said