Court orders man with dementia be moved from his home to community nursing unit

A man with advanced dementia who was moved by court order earlier this month from his home to a community nursing unit because of concerns for his health and safety is to be transferred to a nursing home.

Doctors had decided, for reasons including the coronavirus crisis and issues related to the man's health, he should not attend the recent wedding of a close family member, High Court president Mr Justice Peter Kelly was told today.