High Court places woman with dementia who accidentally set fire to own house in nursing home

The court heard that the woman, who is aged in her 70s, had recently accidentally set fire to her garden shed while having a smoke. File picture.

The HSE has secured an order from the High Court allowing it to place a woman with severe dementia who had accidentally set her house on fire, into a nursing home.

Her home was badly damaged to the degree that the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, and her husband had to leave the property.