High Court orders home detention of elderly man due to Covid-19 risks

The man with dementia, aged in his 80s, does not understand the importance of “cocooning”, hand washing and social distancing, the court was told.

A High Court judge has ordered the effective detention in his own home of an elderly man with advancing dementia due to concerns he does not properly understand the risks to himself and others from Covid-19.

The man, aged in his 80s, does not understand the importance of “cocooning”, hand washing and social distancing, is continuing to go shopping and attempting to call to people’s homes, and is putting himself and others at risk as a result, the court was told.