A couple have been forced to celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary apart because social services won't let them live together, their family say.
Jean Charvill, 90, had been living on her own at home Derby and her husband Ken, 93, has been moved into Victoria Park Care Home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Mrs Charvill was told she can manage at home alone with visits from carers despite being bed-bound and incontinent, but her family have demanded that she be moved into the care home and reunited with her husband.
Mrs Charvill's health has deteriorated since he went into the care home because she misses him so much, their daughter, Sue Barradell, 72, told Derbyshire Live.
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