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High Court grants petition to make a dependent elderly patient suffering from dementia (and who is under the full-time care of the HSE) a ward of the court, on the grounds that the preferred expert medical evidence of tests conducted on the patient suggests that she is unable to manage her own affairs.
Petition - application to make elderly alzheimer's patient under the care of the HSE a ward of court - person of unsound mind unable to manage her own affairs - assessment by medical experts as to capability and physical health - patient expresses a wish not to be made a ward of court - conflict of views of independent experts - cross-examination on evidence provided - experts' clinical experience and expertise - patient incapable of managing own affairs - admittance to wardship - execution of form called 'Authority to Act' by two separate persons permitting them to speak for patient in High Court without having to instruct a solicitor does not provide them with an entitlement to appear and participate in court hearing - patient not a client of the purported signatories to such a document - General Solicitor for Wards of Court appointed as patient's Committee.
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