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Care home installs glass so people can see loved ones for first time in weeks

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Little Isla’s dimpled fingers instinctively reach out to her great-grandmother Jean Johnson’s frail hand as they meet again in Jean’s care home – for the first time after 11 long weeks under lockdown.

And the rush of absolute joy which suddenly animates 81-year-old Jean’s face prompts an instant grin from the toddler. That joy and this emotional reunion is all possible because of a simple perspex wall.

Like care-home residents up and down the country, Jean, who is living with Alzheimer’s, has not been allowed to receive any visits.

Because she struggles with video calls, her grandson Richard Johnson, 34, and his 15-month-old, have not been able to see her – till now.

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