High Court orders brain-injured woman should remain in nursing home

A brain-injured woman is to be detained in a nursing home by High Court order because of concerns about the quality of care in her home and that her husband may seek to have her discharged back there once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

There has been a Covid-19 outbreak in the nursing home and one Covid-19 related death but the woman’s court appointed guardian had said she is isolated in her own room and he considered the situation was being appropriately managed, the court was told.