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Heartwarming moment a care home resident was able to hold hands with her daughter for the first time in a year

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direct to your inboxThis was the heartwarming moment a care home resident was able to hold hands with her daughter for the first time in a year.Since the first coronavirus lockdown last March, Gloria Keelagher, from Fairfield, Tameside, has been visiting her mum Edith Woolhouse at Fir Trees Care Centre in Dukinfield every week.Because of national restrictions to help keep care home residents safe, she had only been able to wave through a window.But that changed this week following the latest easing of lockdown measures, as she was finally able to sit in the same room as her 95-year-old mum.Gloria said: "It was so lovely, I can’t put it into words really without getting emotional."It was such a relief and comfort this week to actually be.

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